阅读理解

　　Treasure hunts have excited people's imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues(线索) found in a book when he wrote a children's story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of “red herrings”, or false clues, to mislead them.

　　Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic(逻辑), not by luck. His Success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words:“One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buricd the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bcdfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.

　　Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he: decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth 3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.

1．The underlined word“them” (paragraph 1) refers to ________.

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2．What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?

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A．Two stone crosses in Ampthill.

B．Stevenson's Treasure Island.

C．Katherine of Aragon.

D．Williams' hometown.

3．The stone crosses in Ampthill were built ________.

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A．to tell about what happened in 1773

B．to show respect for Henry VIII's first wife

C．to serve as a road sign in Ampthill Park

D．to inform people where the gold hare was

4．Which of the following describes Roberts' logic in searching for the hare?

a．Henry VIII's six wives

b．Katherine's burial place at Kimholton

c．WilIiams' childhood in Ampthill

d．Katherine of Aragon

e．stone crosses in Ampthill Park

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5．What is the subject discussed in the text?

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A．An exciting historical event.

B．A modern treasure hunt.

C．The attraction of Masquerade.

D．The importance of logical thinking.

阅读理解

　　Visitors to Britain are always complaining(抱怨) about English food. But they do not really know what they are talking about because they seldom get a chance to eat it. Most of the restaurants in large towns have foreign owners and serve foreign food. When visitors are invited to eat in an English home their hosts(主人) often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic.

　　Those of us who do not know English food think that as its best it can be really very good. On the other hand, it is true to say that it is something terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really interested in food we eat to live, we do not live to eat. So we don't spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook really good meals. We prefer food that is simple and easy to cook, or ready prepared food which only needs heating up before eating.

　　You can find the best English food in the country away from the large towns, where life is slower and people are not in such a hurry, But, of course, most visitors come to London. They come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come because of the food, so why should they complain about it?

1．The writer thinks ________.

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A．people don't like English food

B．people don't often eat English food

C．people who travel to Britain eat English food in English homes

D．people who travel to Britain don't know about English food

2．The underlined word “exotic” in the first paragraph means ________.

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3．English people like to cook ________.

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4．Which might be the best title for this passage?

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A．English Food Is Good

B．English Food Is Bad

C．English Food

D．How to Eat English Food

5．The conclusion suggests ________.

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A．the criticism(批评) of English food by visitors is unfair

B．it is possible to find good English food in large towns but it takes time to find

C．as well as food people also come to England for shopping and sight seeing

D．if you complain about English food, you will get better food

阅读理解

　　Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

　　The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

　　Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don't make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

　　Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings and do not take any changes when crossing the road.

　　My next point is about litter. It is an offence to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put in your pocket and take it home, or put in a litter bin.

　　Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.

　　I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.

　　Now, are there any questions?

1．The main purpose of this speech would be to ________.

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A．prepare people for international travel

B．declare the laws of different kinds

C．give advice to travelers to the country

D．inform people of the punishment for breaking laws

2．How many laws are there discussed in the speech?

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3．From the speech we learn that ________.

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A．in this country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for you

B．you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age

C．because the traffic moves on the left side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road

D．you can't make noise except at night

4．The underlined word “contact” in the seventh paragraph means ________.

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5．Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?

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　　George Bernard Shaw did not care much about his clothes. When he was young he couldn't pay for good clothes. When he was older, he didn't want to. Later in his life he was glad to dress differently from other men. When they dress evening dress to an evening party, he didn't. And he went to the theater in an old coat, too. The coat was made of a kind of cloth that he liked.

　　One evening, Bernard Shaw was invited to go to a party. Because many important person would go to the party, too, the audience(group of people listening to a singer, play, etc) were expected to wear evening dress. But Shaw was still in that old coat. So at the door of the theater he was stopped.

　　“What's the matter?” Shaw asked the doorkeeper. The doorkeeper smiled and pointed to his old coat.

　　“Don't you like it?” Shaw cried, “If not, I will take it off.”

　　And with these words, he took off his coat and went straight towards his seat, but the doorkeeper followed him and showed sadly, “Stop! Stop! You can't go in like that!”

　　Shaw was angry and he turned round. “Don't you want me to take off my shirt, too?” he cried.

1．When G. B. Shaw was young, ________.

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A．he was too poor to pay for good clothes

B．he was rich enough to pay for good clothes

C．he liked to dress differently from other men

D．he liked old coat

2．When G. B. Shaw was older, ________.

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A．he was fond of wearing evening dress

B．he didn't like to wear good clothes

C．he liked to dress good clothes than other men

D．he didn't go to the theater any more

3．G. B. Shaw was stopped at the door by the doorkeeper because ________.

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A．the doorkeeper hadn't seen G. B. Shaw before

B．G. B. Shaw had no ticket

C．G. B. Shaw was wearing an old coat

D．the doorkeeper didn't like coat

4．G. B. Shaw went to the theater in an old coat because ________.

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A．he was too poor to buy good clothes

B．he always liked old clothes

C．he had no time to change his clothes

D．he liked the coat

5．G. B. Shaw got angry because ________.

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A．the doorkeeper asked him to take off his shirt

B．the doorkeeper was a man with bad manners

C．the doorkeeper didn't know him

D．the doorkeeper didn't allow him to enter the theater

阅读理解

　　There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机) has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons(活塞) being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer's impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy(读写能力); it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.

　　Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one or two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it. The same is true of auto repair and violin-making.

　　Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more user-friendly. Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a computer citizen. What does the phrase “learning to use a computer” mean? It sounds like “learning to drive a car”, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer. In fact, “learning to use a computer” is much more like “learning to play a game”, but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program, and generally that is easily accomplished.

1．To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should ________.

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A．try to lay a solid foundation in computer science

B．be aware of how the things that they use do what they do

C．learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skills

D．understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car

2．In the second paragraph “violin-making” is mentioned to show that ________.

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A．programming a computer is as interesting as making a violin

B．our society need experts in different fields

C．violin-making requires as much skill as computer programming

D．people who can use a computer don't necessarily have to know computer programming

3．The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ________.

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A．stress the impact of the computer on society

B．explain the concept of computer literacy

C．illustrate the requirements for being competent citizen of tomorrow

D．emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job

阅读理解

　　Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, physics, chemistry and maths. Others go to schools to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

　　It is always more important to know to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in maths. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton, and Galileo, didn't get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.

　　Above all, they knew how to use their brain.

1．Many people go to school ________.

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A．to learn language and maths

B．to learn everything they want to know

C．for an education

D．for good method

2．Other people go to school to learn a skill ________.

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A．so that they can learn more outside school by themselves

B．so that they can learn everything they want to know to become great scientists

C．to become great scientists

D．in order to make a living

3．The teacher's job is to teach ________.

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A．everything the students want to know

B．the students how to learn

C．the students some facts and formula

D．the students skills for a living

4．The article tells us that ________.

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A．it is easy enough for the students to learn everything they want to know, so that there's nothing to be learned outside school

B．it is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula in maths

C．it is more difficult to learn a formula in maths than to use them in working out a maths problem

D．Einstein, Newton and Galileo were all good students, who had learned everything from school before they were so successful

5．Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, invented so many things for mankind because ________.

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A．they learned everything important at school

B．they know how to study new things outside school by themselves

C．they read every book that was taught at school

D．they didn't read any books but did thousands of experiments

阅读理解

Once Lu Xun spoke to the young men about the study of foreign languages. He said, “You must not give up studying foreign languages for even a day. To master a language, words and grammatical rules are not enough. You must do a lot of reading. Take a book and force yourself to read it. At the same time, turn to dictionaries and memorize grammatical rules. After reading a book, it is only natural that you won't understand it all. Never mind. Put it aside, and start another one. In a few months or half a year, go over the first book again, you are sure to understand much more than before. Young people have good memories. If you memorize a few words every day and keep on reading all the time, in four or five years, you will certainly be able to read works in the foreign languages.”

1．In order to master a foreign language, words and grammatical rules are ________.

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A．the most important thing

B．necessary

C．all we should remember

D．almost enough

2．To turn to a dictionary when you read is ________.

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3．If you can't understand it all when you read a book, you should ________.

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A．start from its beginning again

B．look up the new words in your dictionary and recite them

C．start another one and go over the first one later

D．stop to learn the grammatical rules in the book

4．What is Lu Xun's advice on how to learn foreign language?

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A．Memorize as many new words as you can when you are young.

B．Keep on reading all the time.

C．Force yourself to read a book until you can understand it all.

D．Never give up reading and try to remember new words in reading books.

5．This passage mainly tells us how to ________.

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阅读理解

　　Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults(成人) and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

　　Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

　　There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

　　When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

　　One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience(标题):“You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”

1．In one special programme in New York State, young and older people ________.

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A．are friendly to one another

B．teach one another new ways of building houses

C．always disagree with one another

D．like to talk about living, working and playing

2．All the members work some time every day mainly to ________.

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A．lead a busy life

B．learn how to do farm work

C．get used to the life on the farms

D．find value and pleasure in work

3．The last paragraph(段) shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ________.

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4．The best title(标题) for the passage is ________.

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A．The Rules of Living Together

B．Free Hours in the Special Work Group

C．Teenagers and Adults Together

D．Life in New York State

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　　The Great Wall of China, the longest wall in the world, runs across north China like a huge dragon. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts over mountains, through valleys, till at last it reaches the sea. It in one of the wonders of the world. And it was one of the few man-made objects on earth that could be seen by the astronauts who landed on the moon.

　　The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B. C～476 B. C.). During the Warring States Period (475 B. C.～221 B.C.), more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. In 221 B. C. the kingdom of Qin united the different parts of China into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up. Thus the Great Wall came into being. Since then, it has often been added to, rebuilt and repaired, especially during the Ming Dynasty (1368 ～1644).

　　The Great Wall, which is called in Chinese “The Ten-thou-sand-li Great Wall”, is actually more than 6000 kilometers long, 6～7 meters high and 4～5 meters wide. In most places it is wide enough for five horses or ten men to walk side by side along the top. It has great gateways which connect the main roads of north China.

　　Every few hundred meters along the wall there are watch towers, where soldiers used to keep watch. When the enemy came, fires were lit and at the same time guns were fired to warn soldiers at other towers, one column of smoke with one gunshot meant an enemy troop of about 100, two columns with two shots meant 500. In this way, a warning message could be sent 500 kilometers within a few hours.

　　It was very difficult to build and rebuilt such a great wall over wild and distant country without any modern machines, all the work had to be done by hand. Many people were forced to work in the wall far away from their homes. They lifted earth in baskets, passed bricks from hand to hand and dragged heavy stones with ropes over their shoulders. Their living conditions were terrible. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

　　After the Great Wall was rebuilt hundreds of years ago, no more work was done on it until the People's Republic of China was founded. After that, parts of the wall were repaired. On both sides of it new cities appeared, trees were planted, and deserts became grasslands. The old Great Wall took on a new look.

　　Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese people, but also to the people from all over the world.

1．We say the Great Wall of China is like a huge dragon because ________.

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A．it is one of the wonders of the world

B．it is the longest wall in the world

C．it is the longest wall in the world and runs across north China

D．it is designed according to the form of a dragon

2．About the coming into being of the Great Wall the right order is ________.

During the Spring and Autumn Period the first part was built.

To defend the borders of the different kingdoms more walls were put up.

The different parts of China were united into one empire by the Kingdom of Qin in 221 B. C..

Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up.

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A．

B．

C．

D．

3．Which statement is not true?

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A．The Great Wall is called: The Ten-thousand-li Great Wall though it is more than 6000 kilometers long.

B．It's wide enough for 5 men or ten horses to walk side by side along the top.

C．The Great Wall has great gateways connecting the main roads of north China.

D．There are watch towers along the wall, where soldiers used to keep watch.

4．About the new look of the Great Wall ________ is not right.

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A．the whole Great Wall were repaired

B．new cities appeared on both sides of it

C．deserts became grasslands

D．trees were planted

5．The right order of the things happened during building the Great Wall is ________.

all work has been done by hand

there were no modern machines

people's living conditions are bad

thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built

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A．

B．

C．

D．

阅读理解

　　These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint. Green building can also refer to environmentally friendly houses, factories, and offices.

　　Green building means “reducing the impact(影响) of the building on the land”. Taryn Holowka of the U. S. Green Building Council in Washington. D.C. said.

　　According to Holowka, building account for(占了) 65 percent of total U. S. electricity use. But green building can reduce energy and water use. Also, the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways. so that people can drive their cars less. That could be good for the environment, because cars use lots of gas and give off pollution. Green buildings are often built on developed land, so that the buildings don't destroy forests.

　　Marty Dealing is project manger for a building that put these ideas into action. The Solaire has been called the country's first green high－rise building. According to Dettling, “We've reduced our energy use by one－third and our water by 50 percent.”

　　The Solaire cuts energy in past by using solar power, “On the face of the building we have solar panels which change the sun's energy into electricity,” Dettling explained.

　　The Solaire also has lights that automatically turn off when people leave the room. In addition, the building has lots of windows, allowing people to use the sun for light during the day. The Solaire cuts water reusing it.

　　Not everyone is eager to move into a green building, wowever, some people think that things like solar panels cost more money than more traditional energy sources. Anyhow, Holowka said, “It's going to be big.”

1．In the second paragraph, the underlined words “the building” most probably refer to ________.

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A．an ordinary building

B．an energy－saving building

C．a green－colored building

D．a building in Washington D. C.

2．A green building is often built on an area of land ________.

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A．which has thick forests around

B．which has already been for buildings

C．where people of high income live

D．where traveling around by car is most convenient

3．When Holowka says in the last paragraph, “It's going to be big”, she means that green buildings ________.

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A．will be more comfortable

B．will become popular in future

C．will be more environmentally friend

D．will take the place of traditional building

4．When is the main subject discussed in the text?

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A．Detting designed the first green building in the U. S.

B．Energy shortage calls for buildings of new design.

C．Green building helps save environment.

D．The Solaire serves as a model of high building