Science is sometimes confused with technology, which is the application of science to various tasks. Such confusion is often aided by some school texts that have pictures of rockets on the moon and are titled with“Science Marches On'”. The technology that makes rocket landing on the moon possible emerged from the use of scientific strategies (策略) in the study of propulsion, electronics, and numerous other fields. It is way of inquiry that is scientific; the rocket is a piece of technology. Just as science is not technology, neither is it some specific body of knowledge. The popular phrase“Science tells us that smoking is bad for your health” really misleads,“Science”doesn't tell us anything, people tell us things, in this case people who have used scientific strategies to investigate (调查) the relationship of smoking to health tell us things. Science may be best regarded as existing not in books, or in machinery, or in reports containing numbers, but rather in that invisible world of the mind. Science has to do with the way questions are formed and answered; it is a set of rules and forms of inquiry created by people who want reliable answers.

(1)According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct? ________

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A．Science helps people understand the world.

B．Science shows what food is good to our health.

C．Modern science is represented by the computer.

D．Science tell people about the knowledge of the world.

(2)Technology is different from science in that ________.

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A．it uses science to solve various practical problems

B．it tells people how to make an invention

C．it is a set of strategies of solving problems

D．it is a set of psychological rules and forms

(3)The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．the different applications of science

B．the great importance of modem science

C．the correct way of understanding science

D．the difficulties of understanding science

(4)The writer of the text titled with“Science Marches On!” ________.

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A．showed the important scientific achievement

B．took the rocket landing on the moon as science

C．wanted to use the term to confuse his students

D．regarded science as a way of making inquiry

(5)When we say“Science tells us that smoking is bad for your health”, we are wrong just because we take science ________.

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A．as a way of finding answers

B．as a piece of technology

C．as a set of strategies

D．as a body of knowledge

　　Today, no one thinks of Bill Gates as a failed entrepreneur or a college dropout yet. Both of these things are true of Gates, American richest man and the pioneering genius (天才) who leads the computer software industry.

　　Gates was born in Seattle in 1955. Young Gates's grades weren't always great. Although he did well in science and maths, he was something of an underachiever (后进生). But in the eighth grade be found his passion (激情). In the 1960's, the mothers' club at Gates' school bought a computer for the students.

　　Gates discovered it and soon became computer crazy. He spent every evening and weekend trying to master computer technology. His computer usage fees were so high that he hide from his parents the amount he spent. It wasn't long, though until his programming passion turned toward real goals. He and his friend Paul Allen started a company called Traf-0-Data. Their goal was to use new computer technology to count passing cars. The company went broke. After all he was only in the eighth grade. And it didn't discourage his interest in technology. In fact, it was because of his passion for programming that he later dropped out of Harvard. He spent two dissatisfying years at the university before he left to form another company with Allen. Gates and Allen called their software company Microsoft. In the 1970s it was only a small operation running out of loaned offices in Arizona. Gates would work late into the night and sometimes sleep under his desk. Today, Microsoft is the software industry giant. As chairman and chief executive (行政的) officer of Microsoft, Gates operates as the prince of programmers.

　　Despite his wealth and recent marriage, Gates hasn't slowed down. He is still a workaholic, putting in long hours at the office.

(1)The first computer that Gates was crazy for was a computer ________.

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A．at home

B．at school

C．at the mothers' club

D．at an office

(2)Once Gates was ________.

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A．a failed entrepreneur

B．a good student in his middle school

C．a crazy student

D．honest enough to tell his parents how much he spent on computer

(3)Gates' first company was ________.

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A．successful

B．unsuccessful

C．started when he was at college

D．called Microsoft

(4)Which of the following sentences is true? ________

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A．Gates graduated from Harvard.

B．The company Microsoft mainly use new computer to count passing cars.

C．The company Microsoft was started by Gates and Allen.

D．Not only chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is also a prince in the U.S.A.

(5)The underlined word workaholic here means ________.

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A．a member of the company

B．a common person with high position

C．a person who has great interest in PC

D．one who has a strong determination and interest to work.

阅读理解

　　I was on a train the other day, in an empty compartment (n.火车中的小房间), and I wanted to read the last part of a detective story. Then the door opened and a mother with two small children asked me,“May we sit here, Madam?”At first I wanted to say,“well, actually, I'm reading an exciting book and I'd like to finish it. Could you find another compartment?”

　　But of course I said,“Yes, certainly,”I still had not finished that book. Unfortunately, I found it very difficult to say“No” to those magic words“May I...”or“would you mind if I...”

　　Of course people usually ask permission to do quite harmless things, like using the telephone, turning the light on, opening the window and things like that. But then there are some funny requests. Some people even ask if they may wash their hands or take their coats off. On the other hand, very few smokers will bother to ask permission to smoke!

　　But what about those difficult requests like,“Do you mind if I come round for a cup of coffee?”, or“Is it all right if I bring the children to the party? They're very good really.”The trouble is, I just don't have the nerve (n.神经) to refuse Well, do you?

(1)The writer describes those requests as“magic words”because they ________.

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A．are amusing

B．are harmless

C．always work

D．are easily understood

(2)The writer let the mother and her children share the compartment with her out of ________.

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(3)According to the writer, asking permission to smoke is ________.

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A．a foolish request

B．a difficult request

C．an unnecessary request

D．none of the above

(4)Difficult requests are those which ________.

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A．are never premitted

B．are never refused

C．make other people uneasy

D．make other people unfortunate

(5)Which of the following may express the main idea of the passage? ________

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A．I'm a polite person.

B．Requests of different kinds.

C．How to make a request.

D．How to answer a request.

阅读理解

　　Amos Grundy and Sam Spangler had been playing checkers (棋子) together for about twenty-five years. They kept their scores of wins and losses carefully on yellow- lined paper. You might call it sort of life time checker tournament (比赛). Sam was leading 5,000 games to 0. He liked it that way because he liked to win. Amos kept trying and his motto was “Don't give up. You can't lose them all. ”

　　Now Game 5001 began pretty much like any other game. Sam and Amos sat in their regular chairs-Sam looking confident and unbeatable-Amos nervously rubbing his white rabbit's foot. Rain was banging (猛击) loudly on the windows and there was the rumble (隆隆) of thunder shaking overhead．

　　Sam was playing the blacks. Amos was playing the reds. Neither man smoke. Sam moved . Amos moved．But Amos for once was making all the right moves.

　　He double-jumped Sam.

　　He triple-jumped (三倍的) Sam.

　　He made one king and another king.

　　Amos played the game of his life and he won it!

　　“Rats!” said Sam. He wasn't used to losing. After winning 5,000 straight games a loss was pretty hard to take. He grumbled (抱怨), “But I'm still 4,999 games ahead of you, Amos.” “Maybe so,” said Amos, “but we've got 5,000 games to go. I'm going to win this tournament!”

(1)Amos has lost 5,000 games, _______.

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A．so he would give up

B．so he wouldn't go on playing

C．but he wouldn't be disappointed

D．because he was so old

(2)The reason why Amos won Game 5,001 was ________.

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A．that it had begun pretty much like any other game

B．that he happened to play the reds

C．the Sam had thought to lose it

D．that he had made all the right moves

(3)The final score was ________.

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阅读理解

　　I think cigarette smoking is highly addictive (上瘾) and very expensive. Especially when you're 14 and get a $ 9 weekly allowance. I'm in ninth grade and started smoking in sixth.

　　The first cigarette I ever had was in fifth grade. My mom was walking our dogs and found an unopened pack that she brought home to use as an insecticide (杀虫剂) in the garden. A friend had told her that tobacco stops ants from attacking plants. Of course, when I found the pack, I took the cigarettes to my bedroom and being the little rebel I was, lit one with matches I stole from Dad．

　　I didn't get a buzz, because I didn't inhale (吸气) but just the fact I was actually smoking made me think I was cool. But my friend Donna didn't think so. She just looked at me like I was the stupidest thing on earth. Which I probably was, because still smoke to this day.

　　I've tried to quit, but it's very bard since most of my friends smoke too. When I started smoking regularly at the beginning of sixth grade, not that many students smoked; by the end of the year, a lot were smoking. It was pretty bad．Some kids grades get down, including mine, from skipping closes to get nicotine (尼古丁) into their systems. Now, in ninth grade, I'm still smoking.

　　About five months after I started cigarettes, I began smoking marijuana (大麻). There's no doubt in my mind that cigarettes are a gateway drug. Almost everyone I know started smoking before doing drugs. That has to tell you something.

　　Since I've smoked, I can smoke. I can hardly run around the block without getting out of breath. My mom quit smoking 18 years ago, and my dad stopped 14 years ago. My morn now has cancer, and my dad had bad three heart attacks. My grandma quit nine years ago, and she has emphysema (肺气肿). Not only that ---- my two grandfathers died from the results of smoking. After all this, you'd think I'd know better than continue.

　　Kids of teenagers who think smoking is cool or who want to try it: don't! It might make you feel calmer when you're really worked up, but 20 years from now you could find yourself really calmed down. You, too, could get emphysema, lung cancer, mouth cancer and much more.

　　I have told my parents that I will try to stop smoking as a present to them. But I hate the thought of never having another cigarette. You see-- no ifs, ands, or buts---- I'm really hooked．

(1)The writer's purpose in writing the article is ________.

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A．to warn to the adult not to smoke

B．to advise the youth not to smoke

C．to force parents to stop smoking

D．to ask the school to forbid smoking

(2)The writer began to smoke when she was only ________.

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(3)Which of the following statements is true in the article?

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A．No one is able to give up smoking when he is young.

B．Everyone who does drugs has to learn to smoke.

C．Smoking costs money as well as people's health.

D．The writer's parents both failed in quitting smoking.

(4)When she says “I'm really hooked” the writer means ________.

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A．I am so addictive that I hardly give up smoking

B．No one is able to make me smoke again unless I die

C．I believe my parents will understand me if I go on smoking

D．I feel sorry that I have no money to buy a present for my parents

阅读理解

　　Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don't clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few-- for example; the average among students is about 6 per person.

　　Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”. In all cases, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other vary greatly.

　　At the beginning, much depends on how people meet, and on good first impressions. As we get to know people, we consider things like age, race, looks, economic and social status, and intelligence. Although these factors are not of the greatest importance, it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and hackground．

　　We pay attention to actual behavior, facial expression, and the way a person speaks. Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary acquaintances. Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness, and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty in making friends. A friendly look with the wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare, and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness. People who do not look one in the eye are not trusted when, in fact, they simply do not have confidence.

　　Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs, the same opinions and interests. They often talk about “being on the same wavelength”. The more closely involved people become, the more they depend on one another. People want to do friends favors and hate to let them down. Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other, to put up with annoying habits, and to accept differences in opinion. Imagine going on a long trip with someone you occasionally meet for a drink!

　　In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people. But the mutual support and understanding that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a close and lasting relationship, which can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.

(1)According to the passage, a friend is ________.

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A．somebody we usually take for granted

B．a person with whom we often go out with

C．someone with whom we occasionally go for a long trip

D．not just anybody we get on well with

(2)When people talk about “being on the same wavelength”, they mean that ________.

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A．they watch the TV programs

B．they are the same in all respects

C．they listen to the same radio programs

D．they understand and agree with each other

(3)According to the passage, a person “one occasionally meets for a drink” is ________.

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A．not a close friend

B．someone one doesn't often see

C．not a friend

D．a person one dislikes

(4)We learn from the passage that ________.

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A．friendship can overcome differences in experience

B．there are no special ceremonies to strengthen friendship

C．putting up with differences in opinion can lead to friendship

D．friendship can be strengthened by smiles and soft voices

阅读理解

　　Today there are all kinds of doctors ---- pediatricians (who take care of children), foot doctors, ear-nose-and-throat doctors, eye doctors, skin doctors, doctors who help with the birth of babies, doctors who set broken bones, surgeons (外科医生 ), and many others.

　　But not too long ago most doctors were family doctors, who did all the things that the special doctors do now. These doctors were very important in the towns where they lived．They not only treated sick people but also set broken hones and stitched up(缝合) cuts.

　　There were not so many hospital then. When a baby was born, the doctor usually went to the home. And sometimes doctors even operated on people at their homes----on the kitchen table and by the light of an oil lamp.

　　Until automobiles were common, these doctors made their house calls in small,horse drawn carriages. Because these were called buggies, the doctors became known as horse-and-buggy doctors.

　　Horse-and-buggy doctors worked very hard．Often they had to get up in the middle of night and go out in the rain or snow to take care of sick people. And they didn't make much money.

　　Along with all the special doctors today, there are still some family doctors. They don't travel by horse-and-buggy. And most of them no longer go to people's homes. But they still often have to get up in the middle of the night when people are sick.

　　Nowadays, it takes a long time to become a doctor, and it takes lots of hard work. Usually a doctor is about 39 years old before he has finished all his training. Even when he has finished medical school and his. training in the hospital, a doctor must read and study a lot because science keeps discovering new and better ways of helping sick people get well.

(1)As to the family doctors, the following statements are true except that ________.

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A．they spend a lot of time to become a doctor

B．they were not rich in the past

C．they go to people's homes

D．they are important for the people

(2)In the past, when a baby was horn, the doctor usually went to the home

because ________.

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A．most doctors were family doctors

B．it was more convenient

C．there were not enough hospital

D．they are the family doctors

(3)In the past, doctors sometimes had to operate on people ________.

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(4)Today after his education and training, a doctor has to continue studying and reading in order to ________.

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A．become a more learned scholar

B．learn a more learned scholar

C．make new discoveries

D．improve his education for future promotion

阅读理解

　　Malls are popular places for Americans to go to. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”. Mall rats “shop until they drop” in hundreds of stores under one roof.

　　People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations or private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.

　　The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota．It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.

　　The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota．People loved doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built all over the country. Now, malls are like town centres where people come to do many things. They shop, of course. They also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world．They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.

　　In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favourite shopping centre.

(1)Malls are ________.

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A．large shopping centres which also act as town centres

B．large parks with shops

C．the most popular places American go to

D．town centres

(2)Why have malls become so popular?

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A．Because people can do everything there.

B．Because people can do many other things besides shopping for all they need．

C．Because people feel safe in malls with police stations around．

D．Because people enjoy the fresh air and can have a good rest there.

(3)Malls have to be large places because ________.

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A．many people drive their cars to go to malls

B．there have to be some restaurants, clinics and theatres

C．many people hope to do sports in the malls

D．they have to meet different needs for many people

(4)In doing “mall walking” people ________.

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A．shop until they drop

B．do just about everything

C．walk around the mall as a kind of exercise

D．see movies at theatres

阅读下列短文，然后从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项

　　Economics is a way of understanding human behavior and of solving problems that characteristically involve scarcity. Economics is important because it provides a method to help make clear a wide range of problems affecting human welfare. It has traditionally been thought that economics is concerned with such broad topics as wealth and income; the production and distribution of goods; money and banking; the determination of prices; employment and unemployment; short-term changes in the level of business activity; and long-term changes in the level of business activity; and long term trends that make some nations rich and keep others poor. But economies has actually been concerned also with the welfare, working and living conditions, and freedom of the individual person. The nineteenth-century English economist Alfred Mar-shall sought to show the universal importance of economics when he said that it is a study of man in the ordinary business of life. He also noted that economics examines that part of individual social activity that is concerned with getting and using the materials necessary for health and happiness.

　　Economics is a study of wealth and an important part of the study of man. This is because man's character has been shaped by his daily work, and the material resources he gains from it. In general, then, economics is about individual and social behavior and values. You cannot understand much about your society without having some knowledge of economies.

(1)The passage primarily deals with ________.

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A．understanding human behavior

B．the definition and importance of economics

C．a study of wealth and man's character

D．the relationship between economics and society

(2)Economies would list all the following as its subjects except ________.

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A．stock market

B．international trade

C．population increase

D．production and consumption

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

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A．Traditional theory of economics is too general and misdirected．

B．The English economist laid much emphasis on the individual person.

C．Economics is helpful in shaping man's character and possession.

D．One cannot understand society well without the knowledge of economics.

(4)The author wrote this passage most probably for ________.

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　　阅读理解

American parents usually think that their children should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects, even if they are wealthier. But neither are children expected to compare with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibility (责任) or other conditions make it necessary to give a child less spending money than customary (惯例) in the neighbourhood．

　　Whatever the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the parents, because a child learns to use money correctly only through dealing with it himself. If a seven-year-old child get a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to save it up, he gets no idea what the real use for the money is. He gets the shiny coins and they soon disappear. The idea of a bank account (账号) is too early for so small a child, although he can be made to understand and enjoy saving his coins-not all of the, only a part of what he receives-to buy something he especially wants. By the time he is eight, he is old enough to take part in the opening of his own saving account, parents take him to the bank, open a saving account for him, and encourage him to put a certain quantity of any checks he receives as gifts into the bank and watch his hank savings grow as entry by entry (存入) is made. He will he saving, earning, and spending suitable quantities all along in order to learn how to manage money and to keep him in a favourable position with his friends. The boy who can't join his fellows in a sweet shop once in a while, because he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown projects his parents have chosen for him, is a sorry child．

(1)What do you think a piggy bank is?

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A．It is a kind of bank run by children.

B．It is something in the shape of a pig for saving coins.

C．It is a certain place in which pig are raised．

D．It is a bank whose building looks like a pig.

(2)Which of the following statements is true?

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A．Most of the rich people in American give children much pocket money.

B．American children usually have their bank accounts until they are eight.

C．American parents seldom care for their children's spending money.

D．American children begin to learn how to manage money when very young.

(3)Suppose an 8-year-old child received 10 dollars as his birthday gift, he may probably ________.

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A．spend the money on the things he wants

B．compare the gift with that of his friend

C．have most of it saved in the bank

D．put all the money in his piggy bank

(4)The writer think the boy is a sorry one if he saves every cent he gets or earns because ________.

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A．he can not manage his money and is kept in an unfavourable position

B．he can not join the fellows in a sweet shop once in a while

C．he can not learn the use of money through spending it himself

D．he can not have any other choice but save, earn or spend money