阅读理解

　　The long running argument between Australians and New Zealanders regarding the advantages of their different accent has restarted in China over English language courses.

　　Despite the popularity of a radio Australia English course in some parts of the country, Chinese broadcasting officials said that some New Zealanders were trying to damage Australian language because of Australia accent. A New Zealander Embassy official in Beijing said there had never been any official talks about this matter. But the local broadcasting officials said the New Zealand language teachers in China were saying New Zealand accent was closer than the Australia accent to proper spoken English.

　　A spokesperson from the Australian Embassy said the Chinese had given them information that they actually like English courses conducted by Australians because the accent was “not too British nor too American”.

　　John Crone, head of radio Australia's North Asia Department which put together the recent English from Australia course that got big success in Henan Province, China, said he knew about the current accent debate. “We do get remarks from the Chinese regarding the advantages of English from the United Kingdom, United States and other places,” he said.

　　“Accent are important and the Chinese can find the Australia accent difficult if they have not been exposed to it before. We also notice the New Zealand efforts in short wave radio English courses and there's certainly a place for them, but Australia is a bigger country with more resources and can do more than New Zealand. What we are hoping to so is to get the Chinese used to the way we talk, because in the end what's important is not how they say things, but that they can fully understand different accents.”

　　Radio Australia's English from Australia course was broadcast for nine months from May last year on Henan provincial radio, which may have listeners reaching or close to 100 million. Listeners to the course were estimated at 30,000, made up of high school and university students, scientists and, technicians and simply lovers of the English language, including some prisoners. Although the twice-daily course finished in January this year, its strong effort was put to the high level by a follow-up contest.

1．According to the Chinese broadcasting officials, ________.

[　　]

A．Australian language courses are hard to understand

B．there is a place for New Zealand efforts on short wave radio

C．Australians and New Zealanders have long argued about their accent

D．Some New Zealanders are trying to put doubt about Australia's language courses

2．John Crone thinks one of the advantages of learning Australian English is that ________.

[　　]

A．the Australian accent is not like the American accent

B．the accent of Australian teachers is not British enough

C．it is widely regarded as an accepted form of spoken English language

D．some learners with no experience before my find it hard to understand

3．The New Zealanders damaged Australian language course in order to ________.

[　　]

A．Encourage attendance

B．refuse to admit their importance

C．damage their fame

D．praise their effort

4．The main purpose of this article is to ________.

[　　]

A．criticize(批评) Radio Australia's English language courses

B．defend New Zealand's right to provide English language courses

C．make remarks on the recent arguments regarding English learning

D．argue for greater Australian input in teaching English in China.

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并做后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Some of the older people in the United States face a number of serious problems. For one thing, more than ten per cent of all “senior citizens” in the United States are extremely poor. As a matter of fact, recent reports suggest that about one-seventh of the people over the age of sixty-five live below the poverty level. Aged people also have more health problems than younger people. A third area for concern comes from the fart that the public transportation has not been designed with old people in mind; their activities are often limited to whatever is within walking distance. And finally, there is the separation from family, which causes loneliness. Many older people live by themselves (this is particularly true of widows(寡妇) and divorced(离婚的) women . And then there are the “forgotten five percent”, the older people who have been sent to “old age homes” (sometimes called “nursing homes”) by families who either cannot or will not take care of them.

1．The purpose of writing this passage is probably ________.

[　　]

A．to let its readers know the problems of old people

B．to show that old people in the U. S. are not happy

C．to show that no one really cares for old people in the U.S.

D．to make known the wisdom of the author of finding the problems

2．What percentage of the Americans above the age of 65 live in poverty?

[　　]

A．About one per cent.

B．About five per cent.

C．About fourteen per cent.

D．About thirty per cent.

3．According to the passage, the designers of the American public transportation ________.

[　　]

A．did not think of the special needs of old people

B．paid much attention to the old people

C．wanted to separate old people from others

D．asked old people not to walk too far

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Some people cannot learn in ordinary schools. Often some physical or mental handicap prevents a child from learning. In education today new methods are being used in special schools to help the handicapped learn.

　　Among many interesting schools for handicapped persons, there is one which is being set up in the southern part of New Jersey, U.S.A. It is called the Bancroft Community. Here handicapped Young adults will be trained to support themselves and to get along in the outside world.

　　The Bancroft Community is not walled in like any other school. The students may gradually develop normal relations with the rest of the world. Bancroft Community students will live in apartments or houses, cooking their own meals, washing their own clothes, and learning to do other tasks. Gradually, as they become able, they will buy their own furniture, paying for it our of their own earnings. They will pay rent and pay for their food, too. They will learn to expect telephone bills for the calls they make every month.

　　As a step toward the goal of becoming independent, each handicapped will decide what kind of work one wants to be trained to do. While some of the training will be carried on within the Bancroft Community itself, most of the students will receive job training in nearby towns. They will be trained by townspeople for whom they will work without pay.

1．Which work in the following is similar in meaning to “handicapped”?

[　　]

2．The reason why the handicapped go to the special schools is that ________.

[　　]

A．ordinary schools have no specialized teachers and necessary accommodations.

B．they do not want to go to the ordinary schools

C．they have special rights

D．they are a group of strange people

3．There are no walls around the Bancroft Community, why?

[　　]

A．Because the director wants to make the students live freely.

B．Because the director wants to help the students learn more.

C．Because the students can mix with the outside world and it should not be different from all other schools.

D．Because the director wants to save money.

4．As a student in a special school, one ________.

[　　]

A．can't cook their own meals

B．will pay the job trainers with one's service

C．can't pay rent or pay for their food

D．can't afford their own furniture

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Time and time again, one may be warned, “your name will be mud.” Many have used the expression in the mistaken belief that it has something to do with the kind of dirt found in the streets or on unclean river bottoms. But the expression comes from the name of Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd, a physician who fixed the broken leg of John Willes Booth, the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln. Doctor Mudd treated Booth's injured leg without knowing who he was.

　　A small group helped Booth to plan Lincoln's murder. They were all caught and sentenced to death or prison terms.

　　Doctor Mudd had nothing to do with Lincoln's murder or with any of the men who had planned it. All seemed to show that he was an innocent man. But he had given some kind of help only to leave Booth to escape. This in itself was a crime then. And so, Doctor Mudd was sentenced to prison fox life.

　　In prison, Doctor Mudd saved many prisoners and guards in a yellow fever outbreak. President Andrew Johnson pardoned him in 1869, after the doctor had spent almost four years in prison.

　　The American people considered the murder of Lincoln a heavy blow to them. It filled them with bitterness that lasted may years. They hated Booth very much and they also hated anybody who had helped the murderer in any way. Doctor Mudd was freed, but people never forgave him and his name passed into American folk speech as something bad, hateful. The Mudd family had also suffered a lot because of the name until not long ago.

1．The best title for this text is ________.

[　　]

A．Abraham Lincoln, the Great President for the American People

B．Your Name Will Be Mudd

C．Social Problems of the U.S.A. during the 1860s

D．Old Law System of the U.S.A.

2．Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd was put in prison because ________.

[　　]

A．he had helped Booth murder Lincoln

B．the American people loved Abraham Lincoln deeply

C．he had broken the American law

D．he hadn't reported the fact to the American government

3．From the last paragraph it can be inferred that ________.

[　　]

A．Doctor Mudd has recently been set free.

B．Doctor Mudd's innocence was declared when he was set free

C．There will be more expressions with

D．People hate anyone who kills their president

4．Which of the following is true according to the story?

[　　]

A．People know the meaning of the phrase very well.

B．Mudd would have stayed in prison until he was very old.

C．Willes Booth was possibly injured before murdering Lincoln.

D．Mudd and his family lived an unhappy life after he was set free.

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

　　Our skins let us know whether the air is wet or dry, whether surfaces are wet without being sticky or slippery(滑). From the light pressure, we can know how deeply a finger is pushed into water at body temperature, even if the finger is in a rubber glove which keeps the skin completely dry. Many other animals, with highly sensitive skins, appear to be able to learn skill more about their environment. Often they do so without employing any of the five senses.

　　By examining the abilities of other members of the animal kingdom, we come to realize that a human being has far more possibilities than those are made use of. We give not enough care to ever so many of our senses in paying particular attention to the five major ones. At the same time, a comparison between animals and man draws attention to the limitations of each sense. The part of the spectrum(光谱) seen by color-conscious men as red is non-existent for honey-bees. But a bee can see far more in flowers than we, because the ultra-violet(紫外线) to which our eyes are blind is a stimulating part of the insects spectrum, and for honey-bees at least, make up a separate color.

1．From the passage we realize that ________.

[　　]

A．man has far more senses than the five major ones

B．man has a few more senses than animals

C．man has as many senses as animals

D．man has fully made use of his senses

2．We can realize how deeply a finger is put into water at body temperature ________.

[　　]

A．from the sense of direct touch

B．through the difference in temperature

C．through skin touch

D．from the difference of the pressure

3．The underlined phrase “sensitive skins” in the first paragraph most probably means “________”.

[　　]

A．skins that are quick to feel and react

B．skins that are very soft

C．skins that are completely dry

D．skins that are sticky and slippery

4．Which is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．All senses have their limitation.

B．Insects are more sensitive to colors than man.

C．Man has not made full use of all his senses.

D．Man is not as good as animals in leaning about the environment.

阅读理解

　　John Russell, 83 years old, got on a Chicago bus and saw a sign saying that senior citizens(高龄市民) could ride for half price. When he dropped his three quarters (that is, 75 cents) in the box, the driver asked for his ID card. John took out his ID card. “You need a special CTA card,” said the driver. John did not have the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) card because he lives in New York and was in Chicago visiting his two sons.

　　“Then you need to put in another three quarters,” said the driver, “or get off the bus.”

　　Old people are usually very stubborn(顽固的). John said, “Give me back my three quarters, and I'll get off.”

　　“I can't it's in the box. If you don't get off, I'll call the police,” said the driver, which he did, Two police cars pulled up.

　　John and the driver told the police their stories. “That's why you called?” one policeman asked the driver. Another policeman then said to John, “I'll give you three quarters.”

　　John shook his head, “Why should you give me the quarters? He should give me my three quarters.''

　　“Where are you going?” asked the policemen.

　　“Downtown to have lunch with friends,” John said.

　　“Come on,” the policemen said, “we'll get you your card.” So they took him downtown to the CTA office. But the people there wouldn't give him a CTA card, he needed a picture.

　　“What about his three quarters?” one policeman asked. The officials discussed, and a decision was made to give John's quarters back.

　　“How are you going to get there?”

　　“By bus. And all I'm going to pay is 75 cents.”

　　“Good luck,” the policemen said.

　　John got on a bus, dropped three quarters in the box, and said, “I'm a senior or citizen….” The driver looked at John and nodded. He didn't know how lucky he was to be a sensible(明智的) man.

1．With a Chicago Transit Authority card ________.

[　　]

A．men of authority can ride on a bus for half price

B．senior citizens can pay only half price for a bus ride

C．men of authority can ride on a bus paying only three quarters.

D．senior citizens can pay only three quarters for a bus ride.

2．John Russell needs a special CTA card most probably because ________.

[　　]

A．he is not a senior citizen

B．he is not a citizen of Chicago

C．he is only visiting his two sons

D．he has lost his ID card

3．The decision made by the CTA office was ________.

[　　]

A．to give John a CTA card then and there

B．not to give John's three quarters back

C．to return the three quarters to John

D．to tell John that he has broken the rules

4．The second driver let John ride on his bus because ________.

[　　]

A．now John had the CTA card

B．he knew John was a very difficult man

C．he was kind enough to help the old

D．the policemen were with John

5．The best title for this passage is ________.

[　　]

A．Giving No Quarters

B．Giving No More Quarters

C．A Sensitive Driver

D．A Senior Citizen

阅读理解

　　Nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.

　　The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.

　　Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that founders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets(磁铁), which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.

　　The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.

1．The phrase “be well on with…” (Para. 1) most probably means ________.

[　　]

A．have completed what was started

B．get ready to start

C．have achieved a great deal in

D．put an end to

2．What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph 3?

[　　]

A．Breaking up whatever is breakable.

B．Sharpening metal bars.

C．Separating light elements from the heavy ones.

D．Sorting out small pieces of metal.

3．What's the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?

[　　]

A．To deal with wastes in a better way.

B．To protect the environment from pollution.

C．To get raw materials locally.

D．To get big profits from those plants.

4．The first full-scale huge recycling plants ________.

[　　]

A．began to operate fifteen years ago

B．will probably take less than fifteen years to build

C．will be built fifteen years later

D．will probably be in operation in fifteen years

5．The passage is mainly about.

[　　]

A．a cheap way to get energy

B．the location of recycling plants

C．new ways of recycling wastes

D．the probability of city environment

阅读理解

　　Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends. A new device called Bow-Lingual “translates” dog barks into English, Korea or Japanese.

　　Bow-Lingual's Japanese inventors spent much time and money-analyzing dog barks. They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, assertion and desire.

　　Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dog's collar. The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner. When the dog barks, the unit displays translated phrases.

　　Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual. “Who would pay US $ 120 to read a dog's mind?” they ask.

　　But those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device. Pet owner Keiko Egawa, of Japan, says it helps her empathize with her dog, Harry. “Before we go to the par, he always says he wants to play,” says Egawa, “and after a walk, he always says he is hungry.”

　　Bow-Lingual is riot yet available in Chinese. So you'd better keep studying Studio Classroom, or soon your dog may know more English than you do!

1．This passage is mainly talking about ________.

[　　]

A．Bow-Lingual's inventors

B．dog barks and their different emotions

C．talking dogs

D．a little help for dog owners

2．Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Dog owners now can understand their dogs better.

B．Bow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English, Korean or Japanese.

C．More and more Chinese dog owners would keep studying Studio Classroom in order to know more English than their dogs.

D．People who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs.

3．What does “scoffed at” mean in the 3rd paragraph?

[　　]

4．How do you understand the sentence “Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese” in the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．Bow-Lingual has not yet appeared in Chinese market.

B．Bow-Lingual can not yet recognized Chinese dogs' barks.

C．Chinese dog owners do not know yet how to use Bow-Lingual.

D．Dog barks can not yet be translated into Chinese phrases with Bow-Lingual.

5．The writer of this passage is most likely to be ________.

[　　]

阅读理解

　　In the traditional(传统的) marriage, the man worked at a job to earn money for the family. Most men worked in an office, a factory, or some other place away from the home. Since the man earned the money, they paid the bills. The money was used for food, clothes, the house, and other family needs, the man made most of the decisions. He was the boss.

　　In the traditional marriage, the woman seldom worked away from the house. She stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. She cooked meals, cleaned the house, washed the clothes, and did other housework. Her job at home was very important.

　　In recent years, many couples continues to have a traditional relationship of the kind. The man has a job and earns the money for the family. The woman stays at home and cared for the children and the house. Many Americans are happy with the kind of marriage. But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities(责任).

　　There arc two important differences in male and female roles now. (One is that both men and women have many more choices. They may choose to marry or to stay single. They may choose to work or stay at home. Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them.

　　A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared. The husband and wife may choose to have children, or they may not. If they have children, the man takes care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children, or she may want to go to work. Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage. Many married people now, share these decisions and responsibilities of their families.

1．Which of the following is NOT true in the traditional marriage?

[　　]

A．Men worked at a job to earn money for the family.

B．The woman made most of decisions.

C．The woman stayed at home to care the children.

D．The man paid the bills.

2．In recent years ________.

[　　]

A．young couples refuse the traditional relationship.

B．the woman has a job and earns the money for the family.

C．the woman doesn't stay at home and care for the children and the house.

D．the role of men and women has begun to change.

3．Men and women may now choose all the following except to ________.

[　　]

A．marry or to stay single.

B．work or stay at home.

C．leave their jobs just because they have children.

D．have their roles that are comfortable for them.

4．The following are all now true except ________.

[　　]

A．they may choose to have children or not

B．the man may take care of the children some of the time

C．the woman is the most important person in the house

D．the woman man want to go to work

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Everyone tries to get married.

B．The man was the boss in the traditional marriage.

C．The woman's job at home was very important in the past.

D．Many Americans still have a traditional marriage.

阅读理解

　　“Avoid the rush hour” must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look it's people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed. The streets are so crowded; there is hardly room to move on the pavements. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has almost come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it's so full, it can't take any more passengers. The smallest unexpected event can bring about conditions of complete chaos. The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else.

　　Large modern cities are too big to control. People living there are forced by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lost touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live in such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you can hardly tell the season. A few flowers in a public park may remain you that it is spring or summer. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are hard to find. Even the distinction between day and nights is lost.

　　The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly to live in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. The cost of living is also very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to he more expensive than it would be in the country. Besides, the crime rate in moat cities is very high. If you think about it, they're not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born far and where he truly belongs?

1．According to the writer, ________.

[　　]

A．there is a slogan in everything large city all over the world.

B．the rush hour traffic is terrible in large cities of the world

C．one should try to avoid the traffic wherever he is

D．rush hour exists in large cities but not in small one

2．It is unusual that ________.

[　　]

A．people can stand the conditions in the city

B．people are used to living in a city

C．people know little about the problems of a city

D．people still choose to live in a city

3．City people can hardly tell the seasons because ________.

[　　]

A．there is no such thing as change of seasons

B．seasons change only in public parks now

C．they live unnaturally without contact with nature

D．the temperature changes little between seasons

4．The reason for things to be more expensive in a city than elsewhere is that ________.

[　　]

A．city people have to pay higher to live in a city

B．there is a greater demand for things in a city

C．things are better in a city than elsewhere

D．people in a city are much more wealthy

5．What is the passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．It's crazy to choose to live in a large city

B．City life can be very disagreeable

C．Country life is better than city life

D．Conditions of cities should be changed