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　　No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon (处科医生) and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have an operation felt all its pain.

　　Long ago, an operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.

　　Soon after 1770,Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”. Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing. But one man at a party, Horace Wells noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.

　　Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells' teeth. Wells felt no pain at all.

　　As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out.

　　Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.

(1)It is ________ since a man being operated on felt all the pain.

[　　]

A. a few more years

B. not long

C. few years

D. two thousand years

(2)Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he ________.

[　　]

A. could feel nothing

B. could not want anything

C. could feel all the pain

D. could do anything

(3)Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ________.

[　　]

A. be afraid of anything

B. feel pain

C. want to go to the parties

D. be ill

(4)If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ________.

[　　]

A. felt nothing

B. felt very comfortable

C. still felt pain

D. would die

(5)One who took too much of the laughing gas ________.

[　　]

A. would laugh all the time

B. would die

C. would never feel pain

D. would be very calm

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　　The Tower of London was started in 1076 and completed in 1079． It was the oldest of the 20 towers which used to stand here. The Tower of London was first built by William,the conqueror (征服者) to protect and control the city. Today it is the most popular tourist sight and attracts (吸引) over three million visitors a year.

　　It was sometimes used as a palace for the Kings and Queens of England until the time of James I,but is best known as a prison and execution.(执行死刑) place. Within the walls of the Tower,princes have been murdered,spies (间谍) shot and Queens killed．One of the most famous executions was that of Ann Boolean in 1536． She was killed because she couldn't give Henry Ⅲ a son.

　　The Tower was also the scene of one of London's most famous mysteries (神秘的事物) ,known as the mystery of the princes in the Tower Edward Ⅳ died in 1483 with his two sons left. His brother brought. Richard Edward Ⅳ's two sons to the Tower. Their uncle announced he himself was the new king asked the people to call him Richard Ⅲ. After that the two boys disappeared．It was said that the two sons were murdered by the order of their uncle.

(1)The Tower of London_________.

[　　]

A．was started in the tenth century and finished in the eleventh century

B．is the oldest tower in the world

C．was first put up by James I

D．was built to protect and control London

(2)Today the Tower. of London

[　　]

A．doesn't exist any longer

B．is used as a prison

C．is visited by more than 3,000,000 visitors a year

D．is a famous palace for the Kings and Queens

(3)The Tower was used as a palace _________.

[　　]

A．till the time of James I

B．until the time of William the Conqueror

C．after James I came to power

D．when James I came to power

(4)The Tower is famous as_____.

[　　]

A．a palace

B．a tourist sight

C．a war field

D．a prison and execution place

(5)Ann Boleyn was put to death because she_________.

[　　]

A．didn't get on well with Henry Ⅲ

B．conldn't get birth

C．couldn't give Henry Ⅲ a son

D．turned against her husband

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　　Recently some American scientists have given a useful sincere piece of advice to people in industrialized nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.

　　The scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on the earth,but the way we live has changed greatly. Our body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style (方式) and this has led to new kinds of sicknesses. These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times (古代). So they are called “diseases of civilization”. Many cancers and diseases of the blood system (系统),including heart attacks and stroke (中风) are examples of such diseases.

　　Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol (酒精) or tobacco (烟草),probably none. Ancient people also got a great deal of physical exercise,but a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today.

　　Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat,which had much less fat than domestic or tame ones (家畜). They also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits. They did not have milk or any other dairy products,and they made very little use of grains. But today,we eat a large amount of these. We eat six times more salt than our remote ancestors. We eat more sugar. We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein (蛋白质) and much less vitamin. (维生素) C．

　　People today probably do not want to live the way people thousands of years ago did,but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate much the same way our remote ancestors did,cutting the amount of fatty,salty and sweet food．

(1)According to the passage,people in industrialized nations would be much healthier if they eat _________.

[　　]

A．more food as human living 10,000 years ago did

B．as human living 10,000 years ago ate

C．more kinds of food eaten by people living over 10,000 years ago

D．more of the same kind of food eaten by people over 10,000 years ago

(2)New kinds of sicknesses have been found because________.

[　　]

A．the human body has changed compared with(同……比较) human first appeared on the earth

B．the way we live has changed a little

C．our body can't deal with the changes in life style

D．the way we live today is proper for the human body

(3)What is the main cause that people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?

[　　]

A．Ancient people did a great deal of physical exercise

B．People today have a lot of alcohol

C．People today have more tobacco

D．Food today is quite different from that of ancient times

(4)Which of the following belongs to the dairy product?

[　　]

(5)According to some scientists,Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of _________.

[　　]

A．milk and other dairy products

B．wild animals,fresh.wild vegetables and fruits

C．salt and sugar

D．grain foods

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　　Mrs．Green lives in a mountain village．Eighteen years ago，when she was twenty--nine，her husband died in the fire．He left her a little son，Mike．The boy studied hard．After he had finished middle school he went to college．Now he works in a hospital in a city as a doctor. The young man works hard and is paid much money．Now he has his own house．He wrote to his mother and asked her to live with him together．The woman was very happy．She sold her only farm and left the village where she lived for half a life time．

　　On her way to the city，something was wrong with the bus．She and the other people had to stay at a hotel by the road．She knew none of the people in the hotel and felt tired．After supper she decided to go to bed．As soon as she lay down，she remembered something and went out of her room in a hurry．She opened the door next to the ladder and saw an old man bathing in it．She felt shy and asked herself，“Where's the exit?”，then she closed the door and left quickly．But she heard a shout behind，“Is there a fire in the hotel，madam?” Mrs．Green turned round and found the old man was running after her，having nothing on!

（1）Mrs．green is now _________.

[　　]

（2）Mrs．Green was happy because __________.

[　　]

A．her son had gone to college

B．her son became a famous doctor

C．her son found work in a city

D．Mike asked her to live with him together

（3）As _________，Mrs．Green sold her farm in the village．

[　　]

A．she wouldn't return there forever

B．she couldn't work on it by herself

C．her son needed much money to pay for his house

D．she had no money to pay for her travel

（4）Mrs．Green went to bed after supper because _________.

[　　]

A．she would get up early the next morning

B．there was no place of interest near the hotel

C．she knew few men in the hotel

D．she was very tired that evening

（5）Mrs．Green left the room quickly because __________.

[　　]

A．the hotel took a fire

B．she wanted to find an exit

C．she had left something on the bus

D．it wan too wet to live in

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　　Until a few years ago，only boys could become students at the university of Ruritania（鲁里坦尼亚大学）．Later the university decided to take girls in．But one of the teachers，Mr．Goller，was not pleased at all．He had not wanted to let girl students in．

　　Mr．Goller always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well，when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word．For him the girls were just not there．Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls．For a moment，Mr．Goller didn't know what to do．Then he began，“sir!”

　　Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class．He came into the room，looked at the girls and said，“Oh，nobody's here today!” he turned and went out without giving his lessons．

（1）Several years ago，___________.

[　　]

A．there was no girl studying in the university

B．Mr．Goller didn't teach in the university

C．the university let girl students in

D．most of the students in the university were boys

（2）Mr．Goller usually said “________” when he began his lessons．

[　　]

（3）When the girls came to his lessons，Mr．Goller was _________.

[　　]

（4）The writer wants us to know how Mr．Goller _________.

[　　]

A．agreed to let the girls in

B．didn't like his teaching

C．always didn't know what to do with the girls

D．only liked to teach boy students

（5）We can know from the passage that ___________.

[　　]

A．the boy students didn't enjoy Mr．Goller's lessons

B．we will not see the girl students in Mr．Goller's class

C．Mr．Goller was loved by his students

D．Mr．Goller will work in the university

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　　No man can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if we read correctly the signs around us, we can tell what the more important changes in the weather will be. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting.

　　For many centuries and in all countries people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Sometimes people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Sometimes distant objects such as hills and tall trees seem to be very clear and near. This is a sign of much water vapor in the air, and therefore rain will probably come.

　　Rings round the sun are a sign of coming rain. Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather. Their joints ache. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting that they fly low.

　　If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine. Such rainbows always come in the evenings. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, then fair weather will continue. If a fog appears in the morning, just about sunrise then the day will be warm. Instead, if a fog appears in the evening the next day will be wet weather.

　　If sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.

　　Most of the above sayings have been made by people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting.

(1)For hundreds of ________ people have studied the weather.

[　　]

(2)When birds fly near the ground, wet weather or a ________ will come.

[　　]

(3)If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, the weather will ________.

[　　]

A. continue to be rainy

B. become fine

C. be cloudy

D. get dark soon

(4)when distant hills and tall trees seem to be very clear and near,________.

[　　]

A. people will shout

B. birds will sing

C. there are rings round the sun

D. rain will probably come

(5)If ________ at about six in the morning, it will rain during the day.

[　　]

A. a rainbow appears

B. stars appear

C. a fog

D. clouds gather

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　　Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, We will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.

　　In many modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that, by free education for all--whether rich or poor, clever or stupid--one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough: we find in such countries a far large number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do that they consider “low”work;and,in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty, shameful in such countries.

　　But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of professor: we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible disease in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.

　　In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed to one's work, or to scorn (藐视，轻蔑) someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.

(1)Education is ________.

[　　]

A. a purpose

B. a means

C. the first system

D. fashionable

(2)In our country, the educational purpose is ________.

[　　]

A. to prepare children for life

B. to make children get degrees

C. to choose a system of education

D. to get everyone to live happily

(3)In many modern countries, children go to school ________.

[　　]

A. to be able to marry

B. by free education

C. to work for society

D. to rid themselves of “low”work

(4)“Low”work here means ________.

[　　]

A. work with hands

B. work with brains

C. the work scientists do in the lab

D. the work that people do at home

(5)Cleaners and farmers do ________ scientists do.

[　　]

A. more work than

B. less important work than

C. as important work as

D. the same work as

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　　All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners. There are all kinds of manners. Other children may have manners that are not like yours.

　　Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

　　If you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud “belch” after you finish eating. Belching world show that you like your food. But in some other countries, if you give a loud “belch”, you are told to say “Excuse me, please.”

　　In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

　　What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. When you are visiting a friend, he may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.

　　If you visit a friend in Arabia you should walk behind other tents until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of other tents, you will be asked into each one. The people will ask yon to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.

　　Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners began in the same way. People need ways to show that they want to be friends.

(1)What's the main idea of this passage?

[　　]

A. Manners are different throughout the world.

B. Mothers are different throughout the world.

C. Children's manners are different.

D. When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do.

(2)In some other countries in the world, if you belch after a meal,________.

[　　]

A. you show that you like the food very much

B. it is good manners for you to say “Excuse me, please”

C. you ask the host to say “Excuse”instead of you

D. you are telling the host you dislike the food

(3)What's the polite way of eating if you are living in Polynesia?

[　　]

A. Eating outside together with your family.

B. Eating while sitting face to face.

C. Eating at the back of your house.

D. Trying not to make yourself seen eating.

(4)What will an Arabian do if he sees a person walking in front of his tent?

[　　]

A. He will feel very angry and drive the person off.

B. He will politely ask where the person is going and act as a guide.

C. He will ask the person to eat with him.

D. He will give the person some food to show his pity.

(5)Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A. People show they are friendly in different manners.

B. Good manners are the same in different countries.

C. In the East African town the people who try not to see you are not polite at all.

D. Different manners in different countries show people's different ideas.

阅读理解

　　Certain people make you feel comfortable when they are around．You spend an hour with them and feel as if you've known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is,we can try to do it ourselves.

　　How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills,they'll help you put people at their ease (自在),and make friends with them quickly.

　　First of all good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone,no matter how shy he is,will answer a question. One well-known business woman says,“At business lunches,I always ask people what they did that morning. It's a common question，but it will get things going. ”From there you can move on to other matters -- sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.

　　Second,once good talkers have asked questions,they listen for the answers. This point seems clear,but it isn't. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out,you really have to listen,carefully and attentively.

　　Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation,if someone sticks to one topic,you can take it as a fact that he's really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words,but to tones (腔调) of voice. If the voice sounds dull (单调的),then,it's time for you to change the subject.

　　Finally,good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion (场合) of parting. If you're saying good-bye,you may give him a firm handshake and say“I've really enjoyed meeting you.” If you want to see that person again,don't keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel,and they may walk away feeling as if they've known you half their life.

(1)You'll like to stay with some people ________.

[　　]

A．who know well how they can get along with others

B．from whom you can get much help

C．who'll never get into trouble

D．who always follow you

(2)Asking questions might be a quite good way_________.

[　　]

A．for you to make more and more new friends

B．for you to end the talk

C．to get conversation going without any difficulty

D．to begin your business talks

(3)After you ask somebody a question,you should_________.

[　　]

A．make it clear what kind of person he is

B．listen to his reply attentively

C．wait quiedy for his answer

D．go on asking him more questions

(4)Good talkers are persons_______.

[　　]

A．who are good at making any topic interesting

B．who never talk too much or too little

C．who always speaks in a gentle way

D．who know how and when they should,change the topic of the talk

(5)If you really want to see someone again,________.

[　　]

A．it seems necessary for you to let him know it

B．you may take him as your good friend

C．it is necessary for you to give him a seared handshake

　　The human nose gives to the languages of the world many interesting expressions. Of course,this is not surprising. Without the nose,we could not breathe or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special character.

　　In English there are a number of phrases about the nose. For example,to hold up one's nose expresses a basic human feeling-pride. People can hold up their noses at people,things,and places.

　　The phrase,to be led around by the nose show man's weakness. A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand,a person who follows his nose lets his instinct (直觉，本能) guide him.

　　For the human emotion of rejection,the phrase to have one's nose put out of joint(接头) is very descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor (竞争者). Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected．This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in 1542．

　　This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However,it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ (器官) for breathing and smelling!

(1)This passage is about__________.

[　　]

A．the human nose,an organ for breathing and smelling

B．the nose giving various expressions

C．the nose is the part of the face

D．the nose that gives a person his special character

(2)A person who is led around by the nose________.

[　　]

A．lets his instinct guide him

B．has no will of his own

C．is strong-minded

D．is full of imagination

(3)A man who is described as “to have one's nose put out of joint” ________

[　　]

A．is happy

B．wants to smell a flower

C．is ill

D．feels hurt and rejected

(4)When you say it is “as plain as the nose on your face” you mean

[　　]

A．it is easy to solve

B．it is a hard nut to crack (砸开)

C．it is something quite easy to understand

D．there is a plain-looking nose on your face

(5)“The nose is more than an organ for breathing and smelling” means

[　　]

A．breathing and smelling are the only two uses of it

B．the nose is more important than any other organ

C．more can be said of this human organ than its function of breathing and smelling

D．other organs also have a function of breathing and smelling