阅读理解

　　When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that's not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20％ of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U.S. figures are high--34.8％, and the fun-loving Canadians are even higher with 44％. Except Canada and Italy, all countries give more broadcasting time to education than to either information(news, documentaries and so on) or entertainment programs. Of course, few educational broadcasts take place during peak viewing times. In Japan though, more than 60％ of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind or another--just another example of the business-like Japanese philosophy. In the U.K., the figure is 56.4％. The Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else. They don't go in for entertainment either. Only about ten percent of viewing time is devoted to dramas and serials, quiz shows, music, sports, etc. You will find more news information programs on Italian TV than anything else. That's understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes. The Italians rely on TV to tell them what's going on--and events are happening almost too fast to follow. The percentage of time the U.S. devoted to news and documentary programs is much smaller. After education, most TV time is given to entertainment. Many of these programs are shown around the world.

1．Based on this passage, the percentage of TV broadcasting hours devoted to education is greatest in _____.

[　　]

A．Japan　　　B．Italy

C．Canada　　 D．the United States

2．More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians _____.

[　　]

A．are interested in what is happening in the world

B．like to experience social arid political changes

C．like watching news programmes better than anything else

D．expect TV to tell them about what is going on in their country

3．So far as the broadcasting hours devoted to entertainment are concerned, _____.

[　　]

A．the Japanese figure is the highest in the world

B．the U.S. figure is smaller than the U. K. figure

C．the U. K. figure is second to the Japanese figure

D．the Canadian figure is higher than that of any other country

4．From this passage, we learn that most TV stations in the world devote more broadcasting hours to _____.

[　　]

A．educational programs

B．entertainment programs

C．news programs

D．sports programs

5．Which of the following would the writer most probably agree with?

[　　]

A．In most countries the education channel has the largest number of viewers.

B．The television is a tool for education rather than for entertainment.

C．Educational programs are the most popular in most countries.

D．People tend to think most TV stations devote more hours to entertainment.

阅读理解

　　Percy's mysterious(神秘的) disappearance upset every body a great deal. Percy is a performer in a night-club and just before he was due to appear on the stage, it was discovered that he was not in his usual place. There was certainly good cause to worry because Percy is a dangerous snake and he is over six feet long.

　　The search for Percy lasted several days and a great number of people joined in. As Percy could not possibly have gone out into the streets, he must still be hiding somewhere in the club. The searchers found that some of the boards in Percy's room had rotted and there was a gap(间隙) in the floor. It seemed likely that Percy had slipped under the floor and then crept behind a wall where there was a nice warm central heating unit.

　　The manager of the club suggested that Percy might have found some mice behind the wall and eaten them. Since then he had probably curled round the warm pipes and gone to sleep. As a snake that has had a satisfying meal can sleep for several days continuously, a determined effort had to be made to get him out. The hot water was therefore turned off immediately and the temperature in the room fell to a few degrees above zero. But Percy, who has the reputation(名誉) of being a lazy creature, made no attempt to come out. The manager then tried something else. He placed a dish full of tasty delicacies(精美食品) near the broken floor-boards. Again Percy failed to appear. With the hot water turned off, it was decided that Percy must be freezing by now, so an electric fire was put into his room to encourage him to come in and warm himself. To help him make up his mind even more quickly, cold air was blown under the floor-boards. Even these measures did not succeed, so there was only one thing left to do. The next morning, the whole wall was carefully knocked down brick by brick so as not to frighten Percy with too much noise. The hot water pipes were gradually laid bare, but, to their astonishment, the searchers found no sign of Percy anywhere.

1．Why did Percy's mysterious disappearance upset everybody a great deal?

[　　]

A．He was an actor on the stage.

B．He was a dangerous snake.

C．He was only six feet long.

D．He was a performer in a night-club.

2．People think he must still be hiding somewhere in the club because _____.

[　　]

A．he could not possibly have gone out into the street

B．he was a night-club performer

C．there was a gap in the floor

D．Percy liked to stay under the floor

3．The hot water was turned off to _____.

[　　]

A．cool the snake

B．force Percy out

C．let Percy have a reputation

D．let Percy enjoy the meal

4．Cold air was blown under the floor-boards to help Percy to make up his mind to _____.

[　　]

A．stay　　　　B．sleep

C．eat　　　　 D．come out

5．The sentence“The hot water pipes were gradually laid bare”means“_____”.

[　　]

A．everything around the hot water pipes were taken away

B．the hot water pipes were barely put down

C．the hot water pipes were broken down

D．the water in the hot water pipes was let out

阅读理解

　　The dark, narrow streets of London were dangerous places for a lad to wander during the ruling of Charles Ⅱ (1660-1685). Bands of hoodlums(强盗), in the pay of some ships' captains, were found everywhere. Their job was to seize as many boys as they could find and carry them off to waiting ships in the harbor. Many a pale city lad would wake up from a drugged sleep, or a blow on the head, to find himself on the high seas, bound for the New World. There he might become a farmhand, an apprentice, or perhaps a household servant.

　　Thousands of unsuspecting youths were kidnapped who were never to return to the land of their birth. The traffic in young boys became, in time, a great public scandal, and this is the way it had come about.

　　America desperately needed colonists. At first, many people had come willingly, lured by tales of quick wealth and unlimited opportunity. But once they arrived, they found it to be a far rougher place than they had imagined. It was true that, there was opportunity, but hard work was needed to make it pay off. Many of the new colonists, hoping for easy fortuned, were not used to the difficulties of hard manual labour.

　　Nor could they manage the large farms by themselves. They needed help of every sort: for planting, for harvesting, for building their houses, etc. Some few skilled workers had come and set up shops--blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights(修造轮子的工匠) and such--but they, too, were in need of help. Without apprentices and laborers, they could not possibly do all the work that the colonists required.

　　British shipowners offered free transportation to all those who would come, in return for an agreement to work for seven years without wages. Thousands of immigrants accepted the offer. After seven years of service they were farmers in their own right--and needed help. So there was an increasing need for workers. When the captains could not get colonists any other way, they hired hoodlums to seize any young boys they could lay hands on.

　　Over 100000 youngsters were taken to America in this way. Kidnapping became such an open scandal that in 1682 the London Council passed a law forbidding any person under fourteen to be bound into service without the knowledge and consent of his parents.

1．What shocked the London citizens in the late 17th century?

[　　]

A．The British shipowners needed hands in their business.

B．Bands of hoodlums wandered in the dark streets of London.

C．Many young boys turned to drugs and violence.

D．Many young boys were captured and shipped to America.

2．According to the passage, many British people were willing to settle in America because _____.

[　　]

A．they were poor and desperate

B．they thought they could find jobs easily and soon make a fortune

C．they were desperately tired of the bad conditions in London

D．they learned that skilled workers were badly needed there

3．According to the passage, the colonists were in need of hands for the following reasons except that _____.

[　　]

A．many rail tracks had to be built

B．there was a lot of work on the farms

C．many houses had to be built

D．there was a lot of work in various kinds of shops

4．Why did thousands of immigrants sign the agreement to work for seven years without pay?

[　　]

A．Because they had no money to pay for their voyage to the New World.

B．Because they could become farmers in their own right after their seven-year work.

C．Because they had no land of their own when they just arrived in America.

D．Because they were kidnapped and forced to sign it.

5．We can infer from the passage that the British government passed a law in 1682 because _____.

[　　]

A．the shipowners had seized a great fortune of the country apart from the young boys

B．it intended to stop the employment of the young workers under the age of fourteen

C．the public strongly condemned the kidnapping of young boys

D．it did not want to lose a lot of its young residents

阅读理解

　　As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of America's history, the lessons the American people have drawn from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.

　　I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire(立志，有愿望) to many of the same things--to provide for our families, to teach our children, to build our communities, to protect our earth, to shape our own futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.

　　There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether closer ties and deeper friendship between America and China are good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.

　　Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always remember that we, too, are ancestors(祖先). Someday our children and their children will ask if we did all we could to build just societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their judgment that we did that. Let our progress include all people, with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.

　　Let us give new meaning to the words written in the ancient Book of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal.

1．It becomes clear from the passage that _____.

[　　]

A．both China and America are the most powerful countries in the world

B．both China and America should do something for the future of the world

C．both China and America are great countries with a long history

D．both China and America can provide their children with good education

2．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

[　　]

A．America will encourage their children to learn the Chinese history.

B．The speaker is in the city with the magnificent Chinese history.

C．Both Chinese and Americans share some desires and interests.

D．The speaker wants Chinese to understand more of American history.

3．The underlined word“here”used in Paragraph 3 refers to“_____”.

[　　]

A．in the city　　　　　　　B．on the platform

C．at the ceremony(仪式)　　D．in China

4．It can be inferred that the person who made the speech is a _____.

[　　]

A．scientist　　　　B．statesman

C．businessman　　D．professor

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb(麻木的). She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

　　On that fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so thick that she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks swam toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on--hour after hour-while millions watched on national television.

　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn't much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to give up．She never had…, until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

　　Still thawing(使变暖和) her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter,“Look, I'm not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.”It was not fatigue or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.

　　Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact (完整无损的) and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing(超越) the men's record by two hours!

1．Why didn't Florence swim across the Catalina Channel for the first time?

[　　]

A．Because she was too tired to go on swimming.

B．Because the fog was so thick that she couldn't see her support boats clearly.

C．Because she couldn't see the goal on land.

D．Because the sea water was too cold.

2．What does the underlined sentence mean?

[　　]

A．She had never been so hopeless.

B．She had never thought of giving up.

C．She had never seen such a thick fog.

D．She had never swum across the Channel before.

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Florence Chadwick spent less time swimming across the Catalina Channel than men.

B．Florence Chadwick succeeded in swimming across the Catalina Channel in September, 1952.

C．People had to use guns to drive away some fresheating animals in the sea.

D．No women but Florence Chadwick were able to swim the English Channel in both directions.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　The easy way out isn't always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cookbook and chose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozens would be better, so I doubled everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough(面团) covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holding the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in our rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast(酵母) made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing. It looked like some unknown being from outer space. I could see why Doug was so shaken. I had to admit what the“living thing”was and why it was there. I don't know who was more embarrassed by the whole thing--Doug or me.

1．The writer's purpose in writing this story is _____.

[　　]

A．to tell an interesting experience

B．to show the easiest way out of a difficulty

C．to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman

D．to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books

2．Why did the woman's attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful?

[　　]

A．The canned orange had gone bad.

B．She didn't use the right kind of flour.

C．The cookbook was hard to understand.

D．She did not follow the direction closely.

3．Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin?

[　　]

A．She didn't see the use of keeping it.

B．She meant to joke with her husband.

C．She didn't want her husband to see it.

D．She hoped it would soon dry in the sun.

4．What made the dough in the bin look frightening?

[　　]

A．The rising and falling movement.

B．The strange-looking marks.

C．Its shape.

D．Its size.

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition(学会) of each new skill--the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is common that parents hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

　　Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality(准时) for meals. In general, the controls imposed(强加的) represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.

　　As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“example is better than precept. If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach(说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.”

　　A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

1．Eagerly watching the child's acquisition of new skills _____.

[　　]

A．should be avoided

B．is universal among parents

C．sets up dangerous states of worry in the child

D．will make him lose interest in learning new things

2．When children are learning new skills, parents should _____.

[　　]

A．encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

B．not expect too much of them

C．achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own

D．create as many learning opportunities as possible

3．The second paragraph mainly tells us that _____.

[　　]

A．parents should be strict with their children

B．parental controls satisfy only the needs of the parents and the values of the community

C．parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone

D．parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation

4．The underlined word“precept”(in Paragraph 3) probably means“_____”.

[　　]

A．idea　　　　　　B．punishment

C．behaviour　　　　D．instruction

5．In moral matters, parents should _____.

[　　]

A．observe the rules themselves

B．be aware of the marked difference between adults and children

C．forbid things which have no foundation in morality

D．satisfy their children's needs

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　A 57-year-old woman was hurt yesterday by“a huge black cat”, as she was walking her two dogs near Bodmin Moor in the West Country. Local police are looking into her story, which follows a lot of similar reports in the area in recent months. Residents and visitors to the West Country have been warned to keep away from the Bodmin area.

　　Mrs Williams, the wife of a local farmer, described the cat as“just like something out of the jungle. It was jetblack all over with a white-tipped tail. It had short legs but was very strong.”More details were not available, as the creature moved too fast and MrsWilliams only managed to take a short look at it. The incident happened when Mrs Williams was taking her dogs for a walk, as she always does on Sunday morning. Suddenly something struck her really hard on the back of the head, causing her to fall to the ground, stunned.

　　“When I came to, there was a huge black cat staring down at me with its glittering, green eyes. I got the fright of my life, I can tell you,”said Mrs Williams.“It was a frightening experience,”she told reporters, as she sipped a cup of tea to calm her down, still visibly shaken.“If it hadn't been for my Labrador, it would have savaged me to death. It was about six feet long, the size of a large Alsa-tian (a kind of dog).”Mrs Willians' description matches that of other eye witnesses in incidents involving strange creatures in various parts of the country.

　　More police have been trying to track the“Beast of Bodmin”, since it was first spotted some years ago, but they have so far come up with nothing except for a few very large animals tracks and a trail of dead sheep. Claims that the creature was sighted in a school playground recently are being investigated (调查).“Our policy is to look into all reports of this sort, however ridiculous,”said Chief Constable(警察局长) John Witmoor.

　　Investigations are still going on and local police have brought in zoologists to help them with the hunt for the“Beast of Bodmin”. Meanwhile, local people and visitors to the area have been warned not to walk alone on the moor. Parents have been advised to keep their children at a safe distance from the area. Motorists have also been asked to keep an eye out for anything unusual and to report sightings to the police immediately.

1．According to the text, we know that Labrador refers to _____.

[　　]

A．Mrs Williams' dog　　　　　　B．the black cat

C．Mrs Williams' friend　　　　　D．a policeman

2．In order to find the creature, the police _____.

[　　]

A．have warned parents to keep the children safe

B．have asked experts for help

C．are looking for more eye witnesses

D．are interviewing visitors to the area

3．From the text we know that the creature was first seen _____.

[　　]

A．sometime last year　　　　　B．a few days ago

C．in recent months　　　　　　D．a few years ago

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in El Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

　　Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents told to me and my four brothers and sisters how fortunate we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They filled us with the concepts of family, faith and patriotism(爱国主义).

　　I got my first real job when I was ten. My dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He rented space in a little strip mall (狭小的购物街)and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben's Coinffure.

　　The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount(打折) on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up rubbish, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower(割草机). Mom and I emptied rubbish cans and picked up litter(乱扔的杂物) by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I'd sleep in the ear on the way home.

　　I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime. I acquired discipline and a strong work ethic (行为准则), and learned at an early age the importance of balancing life's competing interests--in my case, school, homework and job. This really helped during high school, when I worked 40 hours a week cooking burgers at a fast-food joint(店铺) while taking a full load of college-pre courses.

　　The hard work paid off. I attended the U. S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later, I jointed a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly. In these jobs and in everything else I've done, I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is dignity(尊严) in all work and that if people are working to provide for themselves and their families, that is something we should honor.

1．From the fourth paragraph of the passage, we know that the writer's first job was _____.

[　　]

A．helping his father in the cardboard-box factory

B．working in his father's shop

C．helping his father in the parking lot

D．doing some work in the fast-food joint

2．Mr Ben's Coinffure is _____.

[　　]

A．the writer's father

B．the writer himself

C．the name of the owner of the shopping center

D．the name of his father's shop

3．The writer thought that _____.

[　　]

A．it was wrong for his parents to think that they were fortunate at that time

B．his parents' instructions to him and his brothers and sisters were valuable in his life

C．doing all kinds of work would benefit everyone during their childhood

D．it was necessary for a child to help his family

4．According to the writer's opinion, which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．One's childhood is valuable in his lifetime.

B．The more jobs one does, the greater success one has.

C．The harder the work is, the more interest one shows.

D．Any job that one does to support himself and his family is honorable.

5．The underlined phrase“make ends meet”means _____.

[　　]

A．to have something fairly

B．to balance one's income with one's expense

C．to end a meeting

D．to join two ends of things

阅读理解

　　Leeds, England--A Leeds University psychology(心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.

　　“The hate we hold within us is a cancer,”Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

　　More than 70 people have become members in Hart's first 20-week workshop in London--a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

　　These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

　　The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.

　　The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people.“People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,”he said.“People confuse(混同) forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”

　　Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.

　　“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with.”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.

　　Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can he taught, as these people“want to get free of the past”.

1．From this passage we know that _____.

[　　]

A．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate

B．high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

C．without hate，people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

D．people who stiffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

2．If you are angry with somebody, you should _____.

[　　]

A．try your best to defeat him or her

B．never meet him or her again

C．persuade him or her to have a talk with you

D．relax yourself by forgiving him or her

3．In Hart's first 20-week workshop, people there can _____.

[　　]

A．meet their enemies and talk with them

B．change their attitudes towards their enemies

C．enjoy the professor's speech

D．learn how to quarrel with others

4．If you are a member in Hart's workshop, you'll _____.

[　　]

A．pay much money to Hart

B．go to the workshop every night

C．attend a gathering twice a month

D．pour out everything stored in your mind

5．The author wrote this passage in order to _____.

[　　]

A．persuade us to go to Hart's workshop

B．tell us the news about Hart's workshop

C．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's

D．help us to look at various kinds of angers