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　　The moon is nearer to us than the sun. It is about 240,000 miles away. The sun is much farther, 93 million miles from us. When we look at the moon, it looks almost as large as the sun. That is because it is much nearer. The sun is really much larger.

　　The sun is a star. It is a ball of fire; it sends our light. The moon is rock and hard．It isn't hot. It doesn't send out light; it reflects light. This means that the moon doesn't make its own light. The sun sends out its light to the moon. Then the moon sends the sun's light back to the earth.

　　The moon is very different from the earth. There isn't any air on it. It is both very hot and very cold there. The part in the sunshine is very hot, but the part in the dark can be 200°F(129°C )below zero.

　　There aren't any trees, grass, or water on the moon. All you can see are rocks and deserts. There are many mountains that are from two to five miles high. There are round holes in the moon called craters. There are at least 30,000 of them on the moon. Some of the craters are half a mile wide, but some are as large as 160 miles wide.

　　A moon is a satellite, a smaller object in space that goes around a planet. Our moon goes around our earth. It takes it about 28 days to go around the earth once. At the same time, the moon itself also turns. This takes about 28 days too. This is why one side of the moon is always turned away from us. Spaceships went around the moon in the 1960's. They took the first picture of the other side of the moon.

　　In July 1969, two men from the United States stepped on the moon from a spaceship. They took some machines there to make some tests. They brought back 48 pounds of rocks from the moon.

　　That first trip to the moon was very important. It was the first time that human beings had walked on a heavenly body other than the earth. It was a beginning. It was

a step to all the other planets and stars.

(1)Decide whether each of the following sentences is true or false:

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1) The sun is much larger than the moon.

2) The sun reflects light.

3) It is always very cold on the moon.

4) There are trees and grass on the moon.

5) There are round holes in the moon called craters.

6) We can see all sides of the moon from the earth.

(2)Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to each of the underlined words.

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1) The moon doesn't send out light; it reflects light.

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A．makes light

B．sends back the light it receives from another place

C．shines

D．sparkles

2) All you can see are rocks and deserts.

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A．stones

B．pieces of land with flowers and trees

C．pieces of dry land which have no life

D．rainy areas

3) There are round holes in the moon called craters.

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A．mountains

B．rivers

C．round holes

D．planets

4) A satellite is a smaller object in space that goes around a planet.

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5) Spaceships went around the moon in the 1960's.

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A．beats that go on the sea

B．airplanes that fly above the earth

C．machines that take off from the earth and go into space

D．buses that go on the moon

6) It was a step to all the other planets and stars.

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A．An example of a planet is the sky.

B．An example of a planet is the moon.

C．An example of a planet is the sun.

D．An example of a planet is the earth.

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　　Do you always understand the directions on a bottle of medicine? Do you know what is meant by “Take only as directed”? Read the following directions and see if you understand them.

　　“To reduce pain, take two tablets (药片) with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required．For night-time and early morning relief (缓解疼痛) take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.

　　For children six to twelve years old, give half the amount (量). For children under six years old, ask your doctor's advice.

　　Reduce the amount if your suffer from restlessness or sleeplessness after taking the medicine.”

(1)How many tablets at most can a person over 12 have in 24 hours?

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(2)How many tablets should a nine-year-old child normally take in 24 hours?

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(3)What is the advice for one who cannot sleep well after taking the medicine?

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A．Stop taking the medicine at bedtime.

B．Continue to take the normal amount.

C．Take more than the normal amount.

D．Take less than the normal amount.

(4)It can be inferred from the directions that this medicine ________.

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A．helps you to fall asleep quickly

B．may be dangerous to small children

C．cannot be taken if one feels sleepy

D．should not be taken by children under six

(5)This text is most probably taken from a ________.

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阅读理解

　　Man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.

　　Today things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting out environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.

　　Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

　　We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.

　　We know, too, that if the population of the world countries is to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food. What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.

　　Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.

　　The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

　　Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and clean planet in the future.

（1）Today, we have to think about the protection of our environment because ________.

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A. things are getting worse and worse

B. the limited natural resources are being used up quickly

C. the environment is continuing to be polluted by too much waste and poison

D. if we care nothing about the protection of the environment, no human beings will exist on earth

（2）If we ________, the natural resources can be used longer.

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A. use them as little as possible

B. use them properly and pay attention to the recycle

C. make full use of them

D. learn to recycle them

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

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A. If we eat more vegetables, more food can be saved.

B. In the past, there was no need for us to think about the environmental protection.

C. If we keep on cutting down trees, forests will disappear, and nothing will grow on land.

D. We should not take more and more fish out of the sea, or there will soon be no fish left.

（4）In order to slow down the increase of the world population, _______.

[　　]

A. we should encourage young people to marry later

B. we should encourage the married to use modern methods of birth control

C. we should let the people have more education

D. both A and B

（5）According to the passage, the most important things we must understand is that _______.

[　　]

A. we should keep our environment from being polluted

B. we must make enough laws to protect our natural resources

C. man will destroy himself if he doesn't solve the problems mentioned in the passage

D. we will have not enough food if the population of the world countries rises at the present

阅读理解

  If you want your land to keep fertile（肥沃的），you must try to stop soil from being carried away by water or winds. When soil is taken away by flowing water or blowing winds, we call it soil erosion（侵蚀）.Ways have been found to stop soil erosion, and this is known as soil conservation（保存）. One way of stopping soil erosion is to grow small plants such as grasses. These plants are referred to as cover crops, whose roots hold the soil tightly together. The rain water cannot wash away the soil. When trees and tall bushes are planted at the edges of an open filed, soil erosion by strong winds cannot take place. The trees and bushes, which act as a very big and firm wall, protect the open land from the winds. The way to stop soil erosion on slopes is to build terraces on the slope of hillside and mountainside. When the slope of a hillside is cut into“steps”，water carrying soil cannot run straight down the terraces, which are used to show down the speed of the flowing water containing much soil in it. In this way most of the soil in the water is left behind on the terraces, 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 the earth wears away gradually.

C. Terraces are built on the slope of a hillside or mountainside.

D. Plants are grown to protect the open land.

（2）“cover crops”in this passage means ________ .

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A. grass roots

B. trees and bushes

C. plant lives of an area

D. covering plants that produce grain or vegetables

（3）Trees and tall bushes are planted around an open field _______ .

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A. because their roots hold soil tightly

B. to stop soil from being blown away by winds

C. because soil erosion causes terrible damage to crops

D. to keep the ecological balance

阅读理解

　　The Romans built great“aqueducts”to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Romans also built great pipes under the ground to carry away the sewage(污水). In Rome, one of these sewage pipes is still used today: it is 2,000 years old. The Roman Emperors even set up a government health service. They built the first great public hospitals in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.

　　When the Roman Empire fell to pieces, these civilized(文明的)methods of treatment disappeared from most of Europe, for more than a thousand years. People went back to the old days. They lived in dirty conditions which helped to cause diseases; and they asked God to cure the diseases. They shut up mentally sick people in prisons. Or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have magic(魔法的)powers.

　　But the work of Greek and Roman doctors was not lost. Over a thousand years ago, the Arabs moved into many of the Mediterranean countries. They took big parts of the Roman lands. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic. Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries.

　　When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine to Latin. Slowly, very slowly, European doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known, so long ago. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries. They found out more about the way the body works, the way out blood goes round our bodies, the way our nerves (神经) send messages from our brains to our muscles, the way these muscles move our bodies.

(1)The word“aqueduct”means ________.

[　　]

A. something built to carry away the dirty water

B. something that was built 2,000 years ago

C. something like a pipe under the ground

D. something built to supply clean water for the citizens

(2)Which of the following is not true? ________.

[　　]

A. A sewage pipe built 2,000 years ago is still being used in Rome

B. The first public hospitals is Europe were built by the Roman Emperors

C. The ancient Romans got their drinking water from aqueducts

D. Mentally sick people were shut up in prisons in the Roman Empire

(3)“People went back to the old days”means ________.

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A. they burnt mentally sick people alive

B. they asked God for help when they were

C. they lived in dirty conditions again

D. all of the above

(4)From this passage we've learned that ________.

[　　]

A. the Arabs took big parts of the old Roman lands 2,000 years ago

B. the Greeks discovered more about the way the human body works

C. the Arabs helped to preserve the Roman medical works

D. the Greeks made more discoveries than the Romans

(5)Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? ________.

[　　]

A. The rise and the fall of the Roman Empire

B. The Arabs defeated the Romans in many ways

C. The Romans and the Arabs did a great deal to improve healthy living conditions

D. The Romans made many great discoveries

从上海、北京2003年高考试卷上阅读理解题，可发现一大特色，就是阅读篇章在加大，词汇量在增多，因而平时一定要加强泛读的练习，不断提高阅读水平和阅读技巧.

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　　 A lot of tourists visit Las Vegas every day Millions of people all over the world look forward to just getting a look at what Las Vegas is like. But one particular question always cross people's mind: Why is Las Vegas always on the top of every vacation resort list? Why is La s Vegas the first thing that crosses every single person's mind when the word “vacation” approaches?

    Las Vegas is the legendary dreamland for moneymakers, as well as the most perfect vacation spot ever to be open and available to vacationers throughout the whole world! Equip with 12 of the largest hotels ever to be built, casinos make your brain spin, and sights you could never finish seeing I guess the most important and popular thing that attracts so many tourists, is the money magnet that only Las Vegas possesses This craving desire for money that lives within ourselves always tends to lead to Las Vegas, which is why 30 million people hear for the golden town of gambling each and every year.

　　Now, many great famous movie stars as well as singers, and all the tops in show biz, are coming to this little town just out of nowhere to perform and entertain the many sightseers of Las Vegas. It truly brings me in awe when I note the fact that the most successful town in the whole broad world could be located in such a deserted town in which many years ago were nothing more than a giant mass of sand and mountains suffering in the tremendous desert heat. To think the human race could establish such a growing and changing treasure is so much of an abandoned, really unites the fact that if we especially work hard, and put enough effort into anything, there isn't anything we can't accomplish!

(1)Las Vegas is in ________.

[　　]

(2)The very thing for Las Vegas to attract so many tourists is the ________.

[　　]

A．wonderful sightseeing

B．dreamland

C．gambling

D．money magnet

(3)________ is always on the top of every vacation resort list.

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(4)________ like to go to Las Vegas, too.

[　　]

(5)Las Vegas comes up from ________.

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A．a wonderful place

B．a deserted place

C．a rich place

D．a small town

从上海、北京2003年高考试卷上阅读理解题，可发现一大特色，就是阅读篇章在加大，词汇量在增多，因而平时一定要加强泛读的练习，不断提高阅读水平和阅读技巧.

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　　 Sometime today--perhaps several times--Dick Winter will think about the19-year-old who saved his life.

　　 Because of this young man, Winter enjoys things like friendships, colours and laughter every day.

　　 The young man saved Winter's life by signing an organ donor card (器官损献卡).

   “I can't say thank you enough,” Winter said yesterday at a news conference making the tenth anniversary of the Multi Organ Transplant program at Toronto General Hospital.

    What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life is only that he died in a car accident and that his family was willing to honour his wishes and donate his organs for transplantation.

    His liver (肝脏) went to Winter, who was dying from liver trouble. “Not a day goes by that I don't think of what a painful thing it must have been for them.” Winter said yesterday.

    “They are very, very special people.”

　　 Winter, 63, is fitter now than he was 10 years ago, when he got the transplant. He has five medals from the 1995 World Transplant Games in swimming and hopes to collect some next year in Japan.

　　“At one time, we were probably strange people in the eyes of other people. Now it's expected you should be able to go back and do everything you did before, only better.”

　　 The biggest change for Winter, however, isn't that he has become a competitive athlete. The biggest change is how deeply he appreciates every little thing about his life now.

   “I have no time for arguments,” said Winter.

   “You change everything. Material things don't mean as much. Friendships mean a lot.”

    Also at yesterday's news conference was Dr. Gray Levy, Winter's doctor.

    Levy said he has bitter-sweet feelings when he looks at Winter and hears of his athletic exploits.

   Levy knows that for every recipient (接受者) like Winter, there are several others who die even though they could be saved because there aren't enough donated organs.

  “For every Mr Winter. We have five to 10 people that will never be given the chance that Mr. Winter was given.” Levy said.

   Levy said greater public awareness and more resources are needed．He noted that in Spain and the United States, hospitals receive $10,000 per donor to cover the costs of the operating room, doctors, nurses and teams to work with the donor's families.

(1)Which of the following is true about the 19-year-old? ________.

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A．He died of liver trouble

B．He got wounded in a battle

C．He was willing to donate his organs

D．He became a recipient of a prize

(2)What do we learn about Dick Winter? ________.

[　　]

A．He is becoming less competitive now

B．He is always thinking about his early life

C．He knows all about the young man and his family

D．He values friendships more than material things

(3)Dr. Levy would agree that ________.

[　　]

A．Spanish hospitals have more favorable conditions for organ transplant

B．the Canadian public have realized the importance of organ donation

C．Spanish hospitals received more money from the donors

D．Canadian hospitals now have enough donated organs

(4)What's tbe author's purpose in writing this article?______.

A．The public should give more support to organ transplant

B．Transplant patients are thankful for the help they receive

C．Transplant can change a patient stile greatly

D．It is not easy to get organs for transplant

阅读理解

  By the early 19th century the factory system had spread to the U.S. The first cotton factory was built in 1814, and by 1850 some 24 percent of workers were women. They produced clothing, shoes, cigars, and other things. In the Northeast, newly-arrived women with little education became the factory force. In the South, black women moved into factory and domestic（家庭的）jobs, first as slaves and later as free workers.

　　By 1890 nearly 4 million women in the U.S. worked for pay. This represented（代表）18 percent of the female population aged 14 and 17 percent of the total work force. Half the female workers were under 25 years of age, and seven out of ten were single. Most of them worked in domestic service, teaching positions, and textile（纺织的）factories; only about 5 percent were secretaries, clerks, or salespersons.

　　Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the number of women joining the paid labour force in the U.S. Today, almost 54 percent of all women of working age are employed. Over 50 percent of working women are married, and 60 percent of working wives have school--aged children.

（1）By 1850 about _______ percent of workers were men.

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（2）By 1890 ________ of working women were married.

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（3）Today less than ________ percent of female workers are single.

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（4）More and more women in the U.S. have worked for pay _______ .

[　　]

A．by 1850

B．by 1890

C．by the early 19th century

D．in the recent years

（5）According to the passage, which of the following sentences is NOT true?

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A. Today three fifths of working wives have school--aged children.

B. By 1890, 17 percent of the total work force in the U.S. worked for pay.

C. The first textile factory was built in 1814.

D. Black women in the South of the U.S. first worked as slaves.

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　　New York-born Billy Joel was encouraged by his father to learn the piano from the age of four. He played in various local groups before he turned solo, releasing (发行) the first album “Cold Spring Harbor” in 1972. But business problems drove him down to California where he performed in bar sand hotels under the name Billy Martin. A breakthrough crone when Columbia records signed him and released “The Piano Man” album in 1973, the title track becoming his first hit single.

　　The next few albums sold poorly but they established Joe's fame as a writer of memorable melodies (旋律) and story-telling lyrics (歌词). His massive commercial breakthrough came in 1977 with the release of “The Stranger”, becoming Columbia's best-selling record ever.

　　In the early 80's, Billy Joel appeared in the hit list with “Tell Her About It”,“Uptown Girl” and “An Innocent Man”. His marriage to top model Christine Brinkley in 1985 put him into family life, but 1989's “We Didn't Start the Fire” and its parent album “Storm Front” (Both US No.1st) found him back in top form. A step forward to that is the single “The River of Dreamers” released in 1993 which is again a wonderful show of his gift as an excellent music and lyric writer.

(1)What is Billy Joel's first hit single?

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A．“Storm Front.”

B．“Cold Spring Harbor.”

C．“Tell Her About it.

D．“The Piano Man.”

(2)Which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．Billy Joel was born in a poor family in New York．

B．Billy Joel and His brother Bill Martin performed in bars local groups.

C．Billy Joel married a film star Christine Brinkly.

D．Before he became a singer, Billy Joe played the piano in groups.

(3)What does “album” in this passage mean?

[　　]

A．A book in used to collect photos and stamps.

B．A tape or disc of one's songs.

C．A magazine on popular stars.

D．A popular songs list.

(4)We can infer from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．Billy Joel was hardworking and often changed his way of singing

B．Billy was less welcomed than other popular stars because he was fond of　family life

C．Billy Joel was popular for a while, then disappeared, and later he became　more successful

D．Although his albums were poorly sold, Billy Joel worked hard to make more

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　　Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age--73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

　　When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.

　　Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children grew up, she tried again.

　　She finds it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to be sitting in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be. Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep from getting stiff (不灵活的). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.

(1)Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

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A．An Unusual Student.

B．A Kind-hearted Mother.

C．A Cruel Banker.

D．A Strange Woman.

(2)What was the difference between Mrs Hanson and her classmates?

[　　]

A．She worked hard at her lessons.

B．She was much older.

C．She was a country girl.

D．She was eager to graduate from college.

(3)Why couldn't Mrs Hanson go to college soon after she graduated from high school?

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A．Because she had got married.

B．Because she wanted to teach herself.

C．Because she was a country girl.

D．Because she wasn't rich enough.

(4)In Which order did Mrs Hanson do the following things?

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A．She had her 73rd birthday.

B．She finished high school.

C．She began her studies at college.

D．She went to the bank to borrow money.

e. She got married and gave birth to nine children.

(5)The writer wrote the passage in order to show us that ________.

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A．a friend in need is a friend indeed

B．one is never too old to learn

C．Lillian Hanson was a great mother

D．Lillian Hanson realized the importance of education