语篇理解

   The student who wants a newspaper career has much hard work ahead of him before he can become even a cub（初出茅庐的新闻记者，生手）or beginning reporter. He may begin by working on his high school newspaper or yearbook.

   Then the aspiring（有抱负的）reporter may break into newspaper work as a copyboy, running errands and helping staff reporters. He may even be given a chance to write small stories. Sometimes students who are interested in news reporting can get jobs as campus reporters for local newspapers.

   Jobs such as these serve to acquaint the beginner with the atmosphere of new gathering. They give him a chance o be sure that his facts are accurate, that he reports them correctly. And that he writes his articles clearly. This work may lead to a job as a cub reporter on a newspaper, the important first step toward a career in news reporting.

(1) A cub reporter is another name for a ____.

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A．copyboy B．regular staff reporter

C．newspaper editor D．beginning reporter

(2) The copyboy's duties may sometimes include ____.

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A．running errands for staff reporters

B．writing small news stories

C．reporting campus and students news.

D．Both A and B

(3) An aspiring reporter must learn to ____.

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A．be sure his facts are accurate

B．report the news correctly

C．write articles clearly

D．all of the above

(4) The first big, important step for an aspiring reporter is ____.

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A．editing his high school newspaper

B．becoming a cub reporter

C．becoming a copyboy

D．writing a small news story

(5) The best title for this selection is ____.

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A．The Work of a Newspaper Editor

B．Reporting News From the Campus

C．Getting started as a Reporter

D．What a copyboy Does

语篇理解

　　Mr．Frank shot well and once he had come in fourth(得第四名) in a competition．

　　Then he went to a big city on business．There he joined the local rifle club．The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions．One of these took place while Frank was with them．But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match．The captain had heard of Mr． Frank．He therefore invited Mr．Frank to take the sick man's place．

　　Mr．Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself．

　　In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition．When he took his score card to his captain, he said: “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself．” The captain looked at the card for a few seconds and then said, “Well, you’d better take two bullets with you if you want to do that．”

(1) Mr．Frank once ______ in a competition．

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A．joined the fourth team

B．took the fourth place

C．was the fourth to start shooting

D．shot with the other three

(2) Why did Mr．Frank feel nervous to be asked to shoot for the team? Because ______．

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A．actually he was not good at shooting

B．he thought the captain and the other members would fool him

C．he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters

D．he would lose a lot of money if he should fail

(3) When Frank said, “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself”, he meant to say that ______．

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A．he want to practice shooting all by himself

B．he wanted to find out the reason for his failure

C．he was too ashamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members

D．he wanted to kill himself with the rifle

(4) By saying “You had better take two bullets with you if you want to do that”, the captain actually meant to say ______．

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A． “We haven't got so many bullets for you to practice shooting．”

B． “You can't improve your shooting with only one bullet．”

C． “You can't improve you shooting with only one bullet．”

D． “I don't believe you can keep your hands from shaking this time．”

(5) According to this passage, which of the following is wrong?

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A．He fired several shots and they all missed the target．

B．The captain wasn't satisfied with Frank and laughed at him．

C．In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club．

D．Frank could have done better in the competition．

语篇理解

　　“People who talk and sing to plants are not foolish,”says Arnold Braymar,a government agriculture expert. “In fact,singing and talking to plants makes them grow better.”The reason is quite simple-when we sing or talk to plants,we breathe out carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）which plants need to live on and grow strong.Plants take in the carbon dioxide through their pores （气孔） during the sunlight hours and produce oxygen which people need much.Singing and talking is effective（有效）,however,only during the daytime.Bedtime,lullabies（催眠）will not help plants to sleep better or grow faster.

(1)Which sentence best expresses the main idea?

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A．Doctors are worried about people who connect with nature.

B．Plants and flowers should not be left in bedrooms at night.

C．The practice of singing and talking to plants can be defended scientifically.

D．Plants must be placed away from people.

(2)The point of this article is that singing and talking to plants can ______.

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A．be proved discomfortable for most people

B．give pleasure or satisfaction to most people

C．be proved dangerous by science

D．be helpful to people and plants

(3)The topic of this article should be ______

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A．Tell Me More

B．Carbon Dioxide,Please

C．People Are Funny

D．Let’s Clear the Air

语篇理解

　　 Thirty children from China and eight from other countries and regions who won prizes in an international competition （竞赛） received their rewards （奖赏） in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People yesterday.

　　 The nine-month 1989 Sea-Ball Cup International Children Drawing Competition started last April.

　　 It received more than 6,000 works including 300 pieces of art from countries and regions outside China, the United States,the Soviet Union,the Philippines,Chili Romania and Japan.

“All the paintings express children’t for a peaceful world,their love for nature and dreams for the future,” said Fan Zen,the well-known Chinese painter and chairman of the evaluation commission （评委会） of the competition.

　　 The Gold Prize was granted to five works,one of them is from the Soviet Union.Another 10 children were awarded the Silver Prize. “The prize winning works are outstanding （杰出的） in the imagination and creativity （创造性）,”Fan said.A Chinese boy at the age of five was the youngest prize winner,who won a Bronze prize.

    Marjorie Michelle Villa,a Philippine girl at the age of thirteen,who won a Silver Prize,flew to Beijing for the award ceremony and gave a speech to an audience （听众）which included senior Chinese leaders and foreign diplomats （外交官) who received prizes on behalf of the winners from their countries.

(1)No children from ______ sent their paintings for the  competition.

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　　A．Asia

　　B．Africa

　　C．Europe

　　D．America

(2)From their works we can see the children ______.

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　　A．love their own countries

　　B．have a strong good feeling for peace and nature,and they dream of  a happy future

　　C．are proud of their own paintings

　　D．are sure of their bright future

(3)A girl prize winner ______.

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　　A．took a plane to Beijing to tell the Chinese leaders  about her paintings

　　B．attended the ceremony and visited Beijing

　　C．was absent from the ceremony

　　D．was present and spoke at the ceremony

(4)The competition is ______.

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　　A．a full success　　　 B．a successful experiment

　　C．a pleasant surprise　D．a good imagination

(5)The best title for the passage is ______.

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　　A．Boys and Girls Are Fond of Paintings

　　B．Children Are Praised for Their Love of Paintings

　　C．Children Painters Receive Their Prizes

　　D．Children Come to Beijing from Different Countries

语篇理解

　　On October 15, 1815, Napoleon disembarked in Saint Helena with those followers who voluntarily accompanying him into exile．

　　Napoleon settled down to a life of routine．He got up late, breakfasting about 10 a．m． , but seldom went out．He was free to go anywhere on the island so long as he was accompanied by an English officer, but he soon refused to comply(遵守) with this condition and so shut himself up in the grounds of Longed．He wrote and talked much．From 7 to 8 p．m．Napoleon had dinner, after which part of the evening was spent in reading aloud．Napoleon liked to hear the classics．Then they played cards．About midnight Napoleon went to bed．Some of his time was devoted to learning English and he eventually began reading English newspapers; but he also had a large number of French books sent from Europe, which he read attentively．

　　Napoleon showed the first signs of illness at the end of 1817; he seemed to have had an ulcer(溃疡) or a cancer of the stomach．From the beginning of 18/21, the illness became rapidly worse．From March, Napoleon was confined to bed．He died at 5:19 p．m．on May 5, not yet 52 years old．

(1) Napoleon lived in exile (流放) ______．

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A．alone

B．with his wife

C．with his son

D．with some of his supporters

(2) He became used to _____．

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A．a noisy life

B．a quiet life

C．a fixed and regular way of life

D．a happy life

(3) After supper Napoleon used to spend some time, ______．

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A．listening to the radio

B．seeing films

C．talking aloud

D．reading aloud

(4) He also liked learning English and was able to read English newspapers ______．

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A．quickly

B．finally

C．slowly

D．sadly

(5)He had been ______ until the end of 1817．

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A．in poor health

B．in good health

C．unhappy

D．kind