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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　A fad diet is a diet that suddenly becomes popular, usually because it promises people that they will lose a lot of weight overnight. Although dieters may really show weight loss from a fad diet, they will almost certainly get back the weight if their usual eating habits(习惯) remain unchanged. Moreover, fad diets continuously call for special products of questionable value or for “health foods” that may cost twice as much as supermarket(超市) foods. Worse yet, certain fad diets don't include nutrients(营养) good for health. People have been known to become very ill as a result of following a medically unhealthy diet.

　　The worse fact of fad diets is that they keep people who are overweight or sick from receiving the medical care that they truly need.

1．The word “fad” in the first sentence means ________.

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2．In the writer's opinion, fad diets ________.

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A．are very helpful

B．are usually not healthy diets

C．won't cost much

D．include lots of nutrients

3．A fad dieter has to ________.

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4．The last paragraph tells us ________.

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A．that fad dieters are often overweight

B．how fad dieters get sick

C．fad dieters need medical care if they are overweight or sick

D．overweight or sick fad dieters may lose the chance to get necessary medical care

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Peter King, 15, Mary King, 13, went to see a doctor. Peter had a bad cold, so the doctor gave him some pills to take. Mary had a bad cough, so the doctor gave her some medicine.

　　These are the words on the bottle of medicine:

　　Cough Medicine:

　　Shake well before use.

　　Take three times daily after meals.

　　Dose(剂量):

　　adults,　　　　　　　2 teaspoonfuls(汤匙);

　　children 8～14,　　　1 teaspoonful;

　　children 4～7,　　　1/2 teaspoonful.

　　Not suitable(适合) for children below the age of 4.

　　Store in a cold place.

　　Use before Oct 1999.

1．Mary should take ________ in a day.

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2．People aged ________ cannot take the medicine.

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3．Mary or her mother should ________ the medicine left after the tenth month of 1999.

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阅读理解：

　　Our sun is a star, and nine worlds move around it. Worlds like these are called planets.

　　But there are other stars, other suns. Not only thousands of them, but millions of millions. Do different stars have planets? We can see planets round our own sun. But we haven't seen any more. The stars are too far away from us. Stars give out light, but the planets don't have any light of their own. So we can't see them. They are too far and too dark.

　　Still, we can tell that some stars have planets. While a big planet goes round, it pulls its stars to one side. And sometimes we can see this. Then we know that the star has a planet.

　　For example, Barnard's Star is a small red star. And it is the quickest star in the sky. But sometimes it moves slower, and then quicker again. We have examined this star for a number of years, and now we are certain it has a planet.

1．Worlds moving around the sun are called ________.

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2．From the article we know that ________.

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A．there is only one sun in the universe

B．there are millions of millions of stars in the universe

C．every star can be seen with our eyes

D．all the stars are not very far from us

3．Though we can't see all of them still we can tell that ________.

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A．some stars have planets

B．some planets have light of their own

C．some stars give out no light

D．a big planet is moving towards its star

4．The article tells us that ________.

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A．Barnard's Star is the farthest from the earth

B．Barnard's Star gives out the strongest light

C．Barnard's Star is a small red one

D．Barnard's Star has no planet at all

5．Which of the following is true?

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A．We have examined Barnard's Star since some months ago.

B．We have no way to tell whether a star has a planet or not.

C．A planet always pushes its star away from it.

D．Barnard's Star does not always move at the same speed.

阅读理解：

　　In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they graduate from secondary school. Another name for secondary school is high school.

　　Most children go to public elementary (初小) and secondary school. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly (直接地) for their children's education because tax (税)money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private (私立) school, his parents pay the school for the child's education.

　　Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the governments. A student at a state university does not have to pay very much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive. However, almost half of the colleges students in the United States work while they are studying. When a student's family isn't rich, he has to earn money for part of his college expenses.

1．In the United States, children can start school ________.

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2．________ between secondary school and high school.

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3．Most parents in the US ________ for their children's education.

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4．Some students at a state university don't have to pay much money for their higher education because ________.

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A．tax money supports some colleges and universities

B．their parents live in that state

C．they earn money

D．their family are not rich

5．Students from poor families ________.

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A．stop studying after secondary school

B．don't go on to colleges and universities

C．have to work to support their families

D．earn money for part of their college expenses

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　　People from all over the world like to travel to the U. S. . Millions of people visit it each year, and they spend billions of dollars. Tourism is actually one of the leading industries of this country. Many people like to visit famous U. S. cities, such as New York City, Washington D. C., Miami, Chicago, Dallas, New Orleans, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Each of these cities has many tourist attractions (旅游景点). For example, New York has Broadway plays, and it has also some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. The World Trade Centre which was 411 metres high and had 110 storeys with a twin towers used to be and office building for 1,200 firms from all over the world. Although it was destroyed completely by terrorists (恐怖分子)last year, its site remains a spot reminding tourists of terrorists' cruelty and human's heroic spirit. Washington has government buildings as well as monuments and museums. Dallas has the site of President Kennedy's murder (谋杀案). New Orleans has jazz music and the cities in California have many ethnic (少数民族的) groups with lots of unique food, Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida are very popular attractions for tourists with children. The space centers in Florida and Texas are popular sites for people of all ages to visit.

　　Some tourists prefer sites with natural beauty in rural settings. The mountains in the East and the West are very popular with campers, hikers (徒步旅行者) and climbers. Some come just to ski and stay in fancy ski resorts (胜地) like Aspen and Vail. Others come just to golf at nice golf resorts like Pinehurst, which is now partly owned by the Japanese who love golf. Some come to watch sports, but tickets can be expensive. It costs $ 100 just to get a back row seat to see a Chicago Bulls game. Two of the most popular places for tourists to visit are the Grand Canyon (大峡谷)and Yellowstone National Park (黄石国家公园). At times Yellowstone is so crowded with tourists that it seems to be a city. With the growing popularity of country music many people now visit Nashville where most of the country music recordings are made or Branson where many stars have their own theatres.

1．Today a tourist visiting New York can not visit ________.

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2．If you are interested in politics, the city that you are most likely to visit is ________.

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3．The following places are some attractions with have something to do with music except ________.

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4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida are the favourite attractions for the children.

B．Texas is the only space center in the U. S. .

C．Japanese are fond of golf.

D．It can be very cold in Aspen and Vail in winter.

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Yellowstone is a big city.

B．The Grand Canyon is an attraction in New York.

C．Country music is becoming more and more popular now.

D．The number of the people who visit Nashville is becoming fewer and fewer.

阅读理解：

　　Some people think that they have an answer to the problems of automobile (机动车) crowding and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or bike.

　　In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York city, some bike riders have even formed a group called “ Bike for a Better City” . They claim (宣称) that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section (闹市区) of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.

　　For several years this group has been trying to get city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanesfor bicycles onlyon some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be accidents. “ Bike for a Better City” feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.

　　But no bicycle lanes (车道) have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea. Taxi drivers don't like the ideathey say it will show traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don't like the ideathey say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And more people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.

　　The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Parkthe largest open place in New Yorkis closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But “Bike for a Better City” says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. Until that happens, the safest place to bicycle may be in the park.

1．One thing “ Bike for a Better City” wants to do is to ________ on the main streets.

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2．No bicycle lanes have been painted yet because ________.

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A．the main streets are not wide enough

B．the city government is too busy to do it

C．a lot of people don't think it is a good idea

D．most people live too far to travel by bike

3．Central Park is closed to cars and may be used by bicycles only ________.

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4．“Bike for a Better City” feels that ________ is the safest place to bicycle.

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5．“Bike for a Better City”is a ________.

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　　It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

　　Education is much more open - ended and all - inclusive (包括所有的) than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take. place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can very from respected grandparent to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability (可塑性), education quite often produced surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions (宗教). People receive education from. infancy (婴幼儿) on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a life-long process (过程), a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life.

　　Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned (指定的) seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubtful conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

1．The passage is organized by ________.

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A．giving examples of different schools

B．telling a story about excellent teachers

C．listing and discussing educational problems

D．telling the difference between the meanings of two related words

2．Does the passage support which of the following statements?

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A．Education systems need to be changed as soon as possible.

B．Without formal education, people won't be able to read and write.

C．Going to school is only part of how people become educated.

D．Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.

3．The phrase “For example” in Paragraph 3 introduces a sentence ________.

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A．that helps to find out some similar textbooks

B．that brings about the bad results of schooling

C．that shows the unknown working of government

D．that gives examples of the limits of classroom subjects

4．What does the writer mean by using “children interrupt their education to go to school”?

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A．Education is a life - long process.

B．Learning takes place everywhere.

C．Education is totally ruined by schooling.

D．Schooling prevents people from discovering new things.

5．What is the main idea of this passage?

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A．The best schools teach a variety of subjects.

B．Education and schooling are quite different experiences.

C．The more years students go to school the better their education is.

D．Students benefits from schools, which require long hours and homework.

阅读理解：

　　It is usual at international soccer matches to play the national anthems of the competing teams.

　　The players line up (列队) in the center of the field and the anthems of their countries are played through loudspeakers.

　　It is a kind of good manners given to visitors from other countries.

　　A few years ago, Greece was playing R. O. Korea in an important international soccer game.

　　As is often the case with international sports events, the game was not played in either team's home country.

　　It was played in a third, “neutral (中立的)” country.

　　As the two teams walked onto the pitch, music was played to the crowd over the loudspeakers.

　　The R. O. Korean players immediately stood to attention (立正).

　　They all thought it was the Greek national anthem.

　　The Greek players knew it was not their national anthem, but they stood to attention too.

　　They thought it was the Korean national anthem.

　　The spectators (观众) were surprised by the behavior of the teams and wondered what was happening.

　　Then, as all the players stood to attention, a voice came over the loudspeakers.

　　Only then did the spectators and the players know that the music was an advertisement for a new brand toothpaste (牙膏牌子).

1．What is a national anthem?

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2．Where was the soccer game in this story played?

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3．Who hears the music played over the loudspeakers?

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4．What did the team from Greece think when the music was played?

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A．They thought it was the Korean national anthem.

B．They guessed it wasn't Korean.

C．They knew it was a toothpaste advertisement.

D．They thought it was the national anthem of a third country.

5．How do you stand to attention?

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A．With your legs apart and eyes shut.

B．Which your hand behind your ear to show you are listening.

C．With your arms by your sides and your legs together.

D．Ready and waiting for the kick-off.

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　　If you want to keep your land fertile (肥沃), you must try to stop soil from being washed away by water or winds. When soil is taken away by running water or blowing winds, we call it soil erosion. Ways have been found to stop soil erosion and this is known as soil conservation (保持).

　　One way of stopping soil erosion is to grow small plants such as grasses. These plants are called cover crops, whose roots (根) hold the soil tightly together. It's difficult for rain water to wash away the soil. When trees and bushes (矮树丛) are planted at the edges of an open field, soil erosion by strong winds cannot take place easily. The trees and bushes, which act as a very big and strong wall, protect the open land from the winds. The way to stop soil erosion on slopes (斜坡) is to build terraces (梯田) on the slope of hillside.

　　When the slope of a hillside is cut into “stairs”, water carrying soil cannot run straight down the terraces, which are used to slow down the speed of the falling water containing much soil in it. In this way most of the soil in the water is left behind on the terraces.

1．What takes place in soil erosion?

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A．Flood happens to the fertile land.

B．A large quantity of earth is carried away by water or winds.

C．Terraces are built on the slope of hillside.

D．Plants are grown to protect the open land.

2．The underlined words in this passage means “________”.

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A．grass roots

B．trees and bushes

C．small and low plants, such as grasses, to protect soil from being eroded away

D．covering plants that produce grain or vegetables

3．Trees and bushes are planted around an open field

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A．because their roots hold soil tightly

B．to prevent soil from being blown away by winds

C．to stop soil from being washed away

D．to keep soil wet

4．Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

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5．Grasses, bushes, trees and terraces ________.

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A．can stop soil erosion

B．can stop soil from being washed away only

C．is called soil conservation

D．can stop soil from being blown away only

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　　After the terrible car accident, the whole world had been completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years, for he became both blind and deaf after the doctor had saved him. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such a sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him. By and by he finally regained (恢复) the courage to live on.

　　On a hot summer afternoon he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunder storm started all of a sudden. He stood under a large tree in order not to get himself wet. Unfortunately he was stuck down to the ground by a lightning. The witnesses (目击者) thought him dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water below the tree. He felt that he was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he didn't dare to believe that he saw a plough lying near the wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, she shouted to their neighbours for help. And he saw her and heard her voice for the first time in nearly 10 years.

　　The news of Robert's regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread across his area, and many doctors came to turn out the news. Most of them say that he gained sight and hearing again obviously from the knock of the lightning. However, no one of them could give convincing reasons. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way for them to regain was by another sudden shock.

1．When Robert Edwards learned he lost both sight and hearing, he ________.

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A．regretted for what he had done

B．was unwilling to face the fact

C．lost the courage of continuing his life

D．was looked down upon by his former companions

2．On a hot afternoon Robert Edwards stood under a big tree because ________.

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A．he hoped to cool himself in the shade

B．he wished to be cured by a sudden shock

C．he was waiting for his wife to carry him home

D．he didn't want to get himself wet

3．Which word can best describe the feeling of Robert Edwards when he came to himself?

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4．When hearing the news that Robert had regaind his sight and hearing, many doctors came to ________.

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5．The underlined word “convincing” probably means ________.

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