阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The chances are that you made up your mind about smoking a long time agoand decided it's not for you.

　　The chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers there are, after all about 60 million of them, work with them, play with them, and get along with them very well.

　　And finally it's a pretty safe bet that you're open-minded and interested in all the various issues about smokers and non-smokers or you wouldn't be reading this.

　　And those three things make you really important today.

　　Because they mean that yours is the voice not the smoker's, and not the anti-smoker's that will determine how much of society's efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how much into the search for solutions that bring us together.

　　For one sad result of the emphasis (强调) on building walls is the different uses of millions of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which, when all is said and done, still strike the non-smoker as well as the smoker.

　　One famous health organization to cite (引用) but a single instance, now spends 98 cents of every publicly-contributed dollar on “education”, much of it in anti-smoking propaganda (宣传) and only 2 cents on research.

　　There will always be some who want to build walls, who want to separate people from people and to a certain degree, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders have, fairly speaking, helped to know choices more clearly.

　　But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are among the far greater number who know that walls can't stand long, and over the long run, we can serve society's interests better by tolerating one another and by working together.

　　Whatever advantage walls may have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who work together on common problems, common solutions can.

1．What is the implied meaning of the word “wall” in the passage?

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A．Diseases striking nonsmokers as well as smokers.

B．Rules to forbid smoking.

C．Separation of smokers from nonsmokers.

D．Anti-smoking propaganda.

2．Which of the following statements is true about the millions of publicly-contributed dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases striking non-smokers as well as smokers?

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A．It emphasizes on building walls.

B．It is too much on “education”.

C．It is enough on research.

D．It is a sad result.

3．From the passage we can infer that ________.

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A．the majority of the adults are non-smokers

B．many walls will be built to separate the smokers and nonsmokers

C．smoking as a social problem has long been discussed, argued and researched

D．most of the adults (grown - ups) are in favour of smoking

4．According to the ending paragraph, the writer looks on anti-smoking wall-buiders ________.

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阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized (强调) the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

　　One day I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said,“You don't say!”I was puzzled. I thought perhaps this is not a proper topic.“Well, I'd better change the topic.”So I said.“Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?”“Certainly. Everybody back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.”He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide.“The Great Wall is one of the seven wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.”Soon I was interrupted again by his words:“You don't say!”. I couldn't help asking.“Why do you ask me not t0 talk about It?”“Well, I didn't request you to do so,”he answered, greatly surprised. I said.“Didn't you say‘you don't say’?”Hearing this, the Englishmen laughed to tears. He began to explain,“‘you don't say’actually means‘Really! ’It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms.”Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.

1．A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms because ________.

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A．English idioms were not important

B．I had no interest in them

C．I was not careful with English idioms

D．my teacher didn't emphasize the importance of them

2．At first, on hearing“You don't say”I thought the foreigner meant ________.

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A．he was not interested in the topic

B．I had talked too much

C．he was only interested in the Great Wall

D．I had to stop talking

3．The underlined word (in Paragraph 1) Probably means ________.

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4．which of the following is true according to the passage?

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A．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.

B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great wall after I talked about it.

C．The Englishman visited the Great wall and thought it worth a visit.

D．The Englishman would leave China without seeing the Great Wall.