阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Only a hundred years ago, people seldom traveled far out of their birth place. Books were very expensive and there were few national newspapers and no radio or television. In fact, most people spent their time talking and listening. Only a very small quantity of reading and writing went on and many people were unable to read or write. For this reason, native dialects(方言)grew up and people spoke the way their parents and grandparents spoke. A woman from Cornwall who traveled just as far as London would find herself in a place where people spoke what was almost a different language.

　　Sometimes it is hard to take in just how much things have changed. You are used to owning books and having them around, to reading magazines and newspapers and to a choice of national television and radio programs. You, and everyone around you, are used to traveling not just in the British Islands but all over the world. Modern science has changed our life and distances have been made shorter. It might have taken that Cornwall woman three days to travel to London. Now it takes less than two hours by air, less than four hours by train and less than six hours by road.

　　The result of this is that the language we use is becoming more national and the dialects are dying out. Writing, printing and broadcasting have speeded up this change as one dialect has come to be used by more and more people. This is the dialect called standard (标准的) English which was first used outside London in the south and east Midlands.

1．From the information given in the passage we know that a century ago ________.

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A．people wouldn't like to leave their birth place

B．there were neither books nor newspapers

C．not many people could read and write

D．people learned to read and write from their parents and grandparents

2．If a woman who lived in Comwall a hundred years ago went to London, she would find ________.

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A．London was far from her birth place

B．London was a strange city

C．London people used a very difficult language

D．she could hardly understand what London people spoke

3．Things have changed so much that people are not used to ________ any more.

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A．watching TV and listening to the radio

B．reading books and magazines

C．traveling just within the British Islands

D．traveling the world over

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Mr Brown liked to be exact. One day, he was sitting at the door reading a book carefully when a stranger came up to him and asked, “Excuse me, but could you tell me the way to the nearest hospital?” “Sure,”answered Brown. “You must go across the bridge and then turn right. The bridge is only 20 meters long.”

　　The stranger thanked him and went on his way. He was still walking across the bridge when someone suddenly called out from behind him. “Look out!” the stranger turned around and found it was Mr Brown. “I'm sorry,”said Mr Brown,“I just gave you the wrong direction. I have come to tell you that the bridge is 40 metres long, not 20 metres. If you go 20 metres and then turn right, you will fall into the river.”

1．From the story we know that the stranger ________.

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A．had to cross a bridge

B．wanted to see a doctor

C．would ask Mr Brown for help

D．had been there many times

2．After the stranger heard Mr Brown's last words, he would probably ________.

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A．thank him a lot

B．go another twenty metres

C．turn back with a smile

D．laugh at him

3．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

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A．Mr Brown told the stranger the bridge was not 20 metres long but 40.

B．Mr Brown was afraid that the stranger would fall into the river.

C．Mr Brown knew he gave the wrong direction and caught up with the stranger.

D．Mr Brown didn't catch up with the stranger until he had crossed the bridge.

4．What does “Look out” mean in the text?

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he liked, and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect for peaceful towering mountains all around it. was a blue sky with fluffy (蓬松的) white clouds. All who saw this thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

picture had mountains, too. But these were large, rough and . Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning . Down the side of the mountain   a foaming (起泡沫的) waterfall. This did not look at all.

But when the king looked , he saw behind the waterfall a tiny growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her . There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest — perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize? The king the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and be calm in your heart. That is the real of peace.”

A. afforded              B. offered                  高☆考♂资♀源?网C. accepted            D. canceled

A. collected         B. planned             C. tried                 D. directed

A. hardly                   B. slightly      高☆考♂资♀源?网                                C. really                D. generally

A. bowl                     B. mirror               C. plate                 D. cover

A. Outward         B. Indoors             C. Overhead          D. Downhill

A. prize                     B. result                C. artist                 D. picture

A. The one               B. Another             C. Other                D. The other

A. bare                    B. fresh                 C. green                D. distant

A. played                 B. screamed           C. wandered          D. cheered

A. connected            B. floated                     C. fell                   D. rose

A. hopeful                B. peaceful            C. successful          D. careful

A. regularly            B. suddenly           C. closely                     D. casually

A. flower                 B. ground                  C. tree                   D. bush

A. house                 B. business            C. nest                  D. relationship

A. of                       B. in                            C. by                        D. for

A. protect                 B. forced               C. depended           D. chose

A. explained             B. described           C. reminded           D. persuaded

A. which                  B. where               C. whose               D. that

A. thus                     B. even                 C. also                  D. still

A. story                   B. meaning            C. source               D. history

第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节　阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.
At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.
41. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.
A. had already received some dollars already
B. had been thinking of taking his own life
C. had received no money for that day
D. had acted as if he was looking for a job
42. If the woman had understood the beggar’s words correctly, she would probably _____.
A. have given him one more dollar
B. have persuaded him to give up begging
C. have gone away without giving him any money
D. have offered him some work
43. In the story, “a terrible fate” means _______
A. to beg     B. to go to work    C. to die   D. to live a hard life
44. The best headline(标题) for the story is ______.
A. How to Beg              B. Money before Everything    
C. Anything except Work     D. Work for Money

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第一节：单词辨音（共5题，满分5分）

从下列各题的四个选项中，找出与所给单词划线部分读音完全相同的选项。

1．headache

A．courage               B．operate                C．package               D．orange

2．washed

A．filled                  B．recognized           C．whispered            D．promised

3．situation

A．television            B．expression           C．suggestion           D．conclusion

4．almost

A．salt                     B．chalk                  C．half                    D．calm

5．height

A．weigh                 B．neighbor             C．satellite               D．pleasant