阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中；选出最佳选项。

　　The whole world has turned its eyes towards a wild animal－the masked palm civet(猓子狸).

　　This animal is thought to be a carrier of SARS, the deadly disease that has infected(感染) over 8,200 people and killed more than 750 around the world since last November.

　　On May 23, researchers in Hong Kong and Shenzhen reported that they had found a coronavirus(冠状病毒) “very similar” to the SARS virus in the faeces(粪便) of civets. Now they think SARS might have jumped to humans from this animal, which has short fur and black and white stripes(条纹) on its face.

　　Civets are the main part of a popular wildlife dish, “dragon－tiger－phoenix soup”, in southern China. The civet plays the role of the tiger while snake and pheasant(野鸡) make up the other two items. It is thought that the dish can improve people's vitality(精神；活力) levels. And it can sell for up to 1000 yuan. But the meal might not be as healthy as it seemed. Yuen Kwok－Yung, a Hong Kong scientist, said SARS may have jumped into humans when they raised, killed and cooked the civets. However, if the food was properly cooked, he said, the virus should have been killed.

　　Although large amounts of the virus were found in the animal's faces, it appeared to be unaffected. Researchers say the virus may have jumped from the animal to humans or, perhaps, from humans to the civet in the crowded street markets.

　　But now the connection has been made, people have started abandoning(抛弃) their pet cats in the street because they look similar to civets. “They were probably abandoned because of all the media articles linking cats to the SARS virus,” said a Hong Kong official from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

　　A WHO official later warned that it was too early to make the firm conclusion that the civet was the definite(明确的) carrier of SARS.

　　But the Chinese mainland(大陆) has begun to ban(禁止) the sale and consumption(消费) of the animal and Hong Kong has banned the import(进口) civet meat.

1．Civets ________.

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A．are commonly regarded as the definite carrier of SARS

B．are forbidden to raise in China at present

C．taste more delicious than most wild animals

D．have some virus similar to the SARS virus

2．Before SARS broke out, ________.

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A．scientists knew little about civets

B．people in the south were fond of the dish with civets

C．China was the largest importer of civet meat in the world

D．the civets in China are endangered

3．Pet cats were abandoned in the street because ________.

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A．they live the way as civets do

B．they were found to be a carrier of SARS

C．people cared more for their health

D．people had other favorites instead of cats

4．You can't find the meat of ________ when you have “dragon－tiger－phoenix soup”.

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阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中；选出最佳选项。

　　Even if you are a good high－jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.

　　You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.

　　Since there is gravity, water runs downhill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity you do not fall off the earth as it whirls(旋转) around.

　　Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. The spaceship will go so fast that it can escape the earth's gravity and carry you into space.

1．In this passage, the word “gravity” means ________.

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A．the force of attraction(吸引力) among objects

B．the pull of everything

C．the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth

D．the force which attracts the earth towards the sun

2．When you slip(滑倒) on something, you ________.

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A．always fall down to the ground

B．sometimes fall down to the ground

C．go up into the air

D．never fall down to the ground

3．Gravity is so strong that ________.

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A．it can throw a ball into the air

B．it makes you jump only seven feet

C．it makes you go up into the air

D．it can keep everything on earth

4．________ because gravity pulls it.

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A．Water flows everywhere

B．Water flows downwards on the earth's surface(表面)

C．We can go everywhere by ship

D．Fish can live in water

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中；选出最佳选项。

　　When thinking of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood's history. Today people make films in other places, too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special part in Los Angeles, California.

　　You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark(标记) in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.

　　In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open－air theatre. It is one of the biggest open－air theatres in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage(舞台). The design(设计) of the stage was by a great American called Fran Lioyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.

1．The best title for the reading should be ________.

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A．Hollywood

B．Famous Films and Film Stars

C．The History of Hollywood

D．Famous Hollywood Sign

2．We learn from the reading that ________.

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A．“HOLLYWOOD” can just be seen from far away

B．Hollywood is now a place only for travelers

C．all the films are made in Hollywood

D．Hollywood is one part of Los Angeles

3．The word “special” in the last sentence of the first paragraph(段落) means ________.

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4．At the Hollywood Bowl ________.

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A．all postcards are made

B．only 7000 people can get together

C．people can enjoy music

D．you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中；选出最佳选项。

　　A person who likes to think about travel to faraway places, but who really prefers to stay at home, is known as an “armchair traveler”. Jules Verne, the world－famous writer, was such a man.

　　In his imagination, he traveled to places where nobody had ever been before. He went round the world in eighty days, which of course was impossible to do in the nineteenth century. He voyaged(航行) sixty thousand miles under the sea when there were no submarines(潜艇). He went even to the moon and explored(探测) the center of the earth.

　　Jules Verne was not only an “armchair traveler”, he was also an “armchair inventor”. Long before Marconi began his work with radio, Jules Verne had written about television. He had written about Helicopters(直升机) fifty years before the world's first plane flew. He wrote about these things so realistically(实际) that he encouraged people to try out, in real life, the things he had written about. When Richard Byrd returned from his flight across the North Pole in 1962, he said that Jules Verne had been his guide. Simon Lake, the developer of the modern submarine, wrote that Jules Verne had been the director of his life.

1．An armchair traveler refers to a person who ________.

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A．travels in an armchair

B．is only fond of thinking about travel, but goes nowhere

C．likes traveling to faraway places

D．writes about travel

2．Jules Verne ________.

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A．traveled to many places and went round the world in eighty days

B．voyaged under the sea

C．went to the moon and explored the center of the earth

D．did none of the things above

3．The main idea of this passage is that ________.

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A．one should dare to think

B．Jules Verne was good not only at writing books but also at inventing things

C．what one man can imagine, another man can do

D．Jules Verne was known as an “armchair traveler and inventor”

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中；选出最佳选项。

　　The original English language was the language of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes: People from the north of Germany who conquered(征服) many parts of England in the 5th century. But old English, as it is known, soon began to take words from other languages. About 800, the Vikings from northern Europe settled in Britain. Their language was like old English, but some of their words replaced English ones. Among them were common words such as husband, sky, window, happy, ill, wrong, and so on. Strangely, “they” is a Viking word; but the other pronouns come from old English.

　　In 1066, English was conquered by Normans, from the north of France. The Normans spoke French, and slowly many words of French began to enter the English language. Some of these were words which the Normans used when ruling England; words like city, village, and prison. There were also military words such as battle, peace and war. Other words showed the importance of food to the French: the names of most animals in English come from old English but the name of most meat (for example, pork, beef and mutton) come from French.

1．The English language has a history of about ________ years.

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2．“Old English” refers to the language of ________.

[　　]

A．the Angles, Saxons and Jutes

B．the Vikings

C．the Normans

D．all above

3．Which of the following is false?

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A．The Vikings came to England from the North of Europe.

B．The Normans ruled England in the 10th century.

C．Some of the Viking words were used instead of English ones.

D．Many French words entered English from the year 1066.

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．“They” but the other pronouns doesn't come from old English.

B．The word “sky” belongs to “old English”.

C．“Old English” was based on the languages of the Vikings and the Normans.

D．The names of most animals are the same as those of their meats.

5．Of all the languages in the world. English has the largest vocabulary mainly because ________.

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A．the British are good at inventing new words

B．it was originally very rich

C．England was conquered by Germans and Normans

D．many non－English words have been entering English

阅读理解

　　A punctual(严守时刻的) person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment. The unpunctual(不准时的) man never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In face, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset (财产) as well as other's. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through his huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

　　Failure to be punctual in keeping one's appointments is sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.

　　Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to do one's duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.

1．What does the author think is the main difference between a punctual person and an unpunctual person?

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A．A punctual person does everything ahead of time while an unpunctual person does everything behind schedule.

B．A punctual person does everything at the right time while an unpunctual person seldom does anything at the correct time.

C．A punctual person has a lot of appointments while an unpunctual person has few appointments.

D．A punctual person has much time to do everything while an unpunctual person has little time to do anything.

2．According to the passage, the main reason why a person is always unpunctual is that ________.

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A．he has more work to do than other people

B．he is always in a hurry when he works

C．he doesn't care much about time

D．he always mismanages and wastes his time

3．According to the third paragraph, when you are invited to dinner, you should arrive there ________.

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A．after other guests have arrived

B．before all other guests

C．at the appointed time

D．after the host has got things ready

4．Which of the following statements best describes the harm of unpunctuality?

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A．If you are an unpunctual person, you cannot be in charge of any important tasks.

B．If your friends know that you are unpunctual, they may not see you again.

C．Unpunctuality may bring about heavy losses for both public and private affairs.

D．Unpunctual may make you miss a lot of appointments and lose friends.

阅读理解

The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one's food on the plate. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American's dinner party, he often refuses the offer of drink though he's in face still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I'll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you'd better remember the famous saying, “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

1．From this passage we can see that the writer is ________.

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2．When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto his plate, the writer felt ________.

[　　]

3．In the West, people consider it bad manners ________.

[　　]

A．to refuse an offer

B．to ask for something directly

C．to eat at a dinner party

D．to keep asking someone to accept something

4．A guest at an American's dinner party should show his polite－ness by ________.

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A．putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it

B．refusing the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry of thirsty

C．asking for things directly if he wants them

D．not eating all the food offered

5．“When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ________.

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A．the Romans are people of good manners

B．Americans always do the same things as the Romans so

C．you must follow the Romans in everything

D．you should get used to the local customs wherever you go

阅读理解

　　Radio and television are very popular in the world today. Millions of people watch television. More people listen to the radio. The TV is, of course, more useful than the radio. On TV you can see and hear what is happening. This is especially important with international events.

　　However, the radio is not disappearing. It is still with us. And the number of listeners becomes larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor set. A transistor set is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry about. You put one in your pocket when you go to work. You can listen to news broadcasts or radio lessons on the bus. You can listen to them on your bike. You can put your own transistor set beside your pillow when you go to bed. You can take it down to the beach or riverside when you go to swim. Besides, radio broadcasts are better for blind people. And the sight of many old people is not good enough to watch television. Then when people are working, they can not watch television, but they can always listen to music(in the fields, for instance) on the radio. What's more, a TV set is rather expensive. Not every family can have one. But a transistor set is much cheaper.

　　However, more and more people are buying TV sets. While you sit comfortably before the TV set in your own living room, you not only hear but also see what is happening in many places in the world.

1．In the world today, more people ________.

[　　]

A．watch television

B．listen to the radio

C．go to the cinema

D．neither watch TV nor listen to the radio

2．With the development of TV, ________.

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A．the price of TV is going down

B．the people listening to the radio are becoming fewer and fewer

C．the radio is disappearing

D．the radio listeners are not becoming fewer and fewer

3．Which of the following statements is the shortcoming of the TV set?

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A．It gives you not only sound but also pictures.

B．Blind people and old people with poor eyesight can't watch TV.

C．TV's price is rather high for many families, so not every family can have a TV set.

D．You can watch important international events on TV.

4．Which of the following statements is the advantage of the radio?

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A．It is not as expensive as a TV set.

B．It is small and light for listeners to take everywhere with them

C．A radio listener can listen to the radio while working no matter how poor their eyesight is.

D．All of the above.

5．The best title for the passage should be “________”.

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阅读理解

　　Antonia left Athens and came to America to make her fortune. She wanted to be a famous actress, so she went to live in Hollywood, California.

　　At first, Antonia had very little money, so she was forced to watch every penny while making the rounds of movie agents'(代理商) offices. For over a year, she worked only in small parts. She found life extremely hard. She had to take buses or walk everywhere, and she ate only one meal a day. Even though she worked as a waitress at night, Antonia could not really make ends meet.

　　Suddenly, one day, the star of the film became ill, and the director asked Antonia to take the part. Her acting was excellent. After the premiere(初次演出) of the film, she became an over night success. Everyone gave her great notices, and she received many offers for future starring roles.

　　Since then, Antonia has changed her whole way of life. Now she wears expensive furs and drives a Rolls－Royce. She lives in a twenty－seven－room mansion(住宅) in Beverly Hills, with seven servants. All her needs are cared for. For Antonia, America was truly the land of street covered with gold. Through her hard work, she had earned the fame she desired so much.

1．The underlined phrase “making the rounds” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

[　　]

A．visiting

B．making a fortune

C．working extremely hard

D．starring in films

2．What changed Antonia's way of life?

[　　]

A．Wearing expensive furs.

B．Her good fortune.

C．Her excellent acting.

D．Both B and C.

3．How many people live in her large house?

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4．What can we know from this passage?

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A．Antonia covered the streets with gold.

B．She starred in films for one year.

C．She went home to Athens.

D．She became an overnight success.

5．The tone of this passage can best be described as ________.

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阅读理解

　　On Friday, 16th October, 1987, a hurricane struck the southeast of England. Nineteen people lost their lives. A great many parks lost trees. Three famous parks in and around London had over 1 400 trees blown over.

　　Kew Gardens is an old and famous research center for plants in the London area. For centuries travelers have returned from abroad with seeds and young plants to add to the center's collection. It has therefore a large number of old and unusual trees. Altogether the center lost more than 1000 trees in the hurricane. One tree which dated from 1761 was blown over and many other valuable trees were lost. Later on the center had a large number of new trees planted.

　　Woods and forests in the southeast were completely destroyed. Millions of young trees have already been planted to take the place of those which were blown over. But it will be more than 100 years before the country begins once again to look as it was before.

　　Surprisingly, the weather reported on the evening before the storm said there would be strong winds, but not a hurricane. In fact, an expert who was studying the weather rang up the BBC to ask if a hurricane was on its way. The weatherman in his TV broadcast repeated this to millions of people and then said that there would be no hurricane. The next day he had a very red face.

1．Kew Gardens is famous because ________.

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A．it is an old research center for plants

B．it has a large number of old and unusual valuable trees

C．many new trees are being planted

D．it has lost many trees in the hurricane

2．It will take ________ to make the country look as it used to be.

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3．The weatherman had a red face the next day because ________.

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A．he said there would be no strong winds the day before the storm

B．he repeated there would be no damage in the hurricane

C．he didn't broadcast the weather report the evening before the storm

D．he felt very sorry for what he had said

4．The hurricane happened ________.

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5．If the weatherman had warned the people of the hurricane, the result would have been ________.

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