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1、When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. …………………………………
1). This passage mainly tells us __________.
C. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps
2). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________.
B. on Saturdays
3). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that?
A. She wanted to give them a surprise.
4). What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean?
B. We were extremely happy about it.
5). What is the best title for this passage?
D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps
2、"Listen, that's not right." "Look, you don't understand!" "Sorry, I don't follow."
1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage? D. Sensory learner.
2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners?
D. They remember people's names quickly.
3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners?
B. They prefer to listen rather than watch.
4). From the fourth paragraph, the kinaesthetic learner tends to _________.
C. do more physical exercises
5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is __________.
A. he cannot concentrate on things
3、I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life.
1). The author thinks what he has learned from his first job is ____________.
B. how to talk and behave properly
2). The phrase "people from all walks of life" in the third paragraph means people ____________.
D. working in different occupations
3). The author thinks his second job is ____________.
A. challenging
4). The author compares his second job to ____________.
C. joining a baseball game
5). The business lesson the author gets from selling shoes is ____________.
C. never be afraid of taking risks
4、Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers,
1). People learn about what happens in the world through ____________.
D. both A and B
2). According to the passage, the expression "no man is an island" means that ____________.
D. every man belongs to some society
3). The passage suggests that newspapers have been published for about ____________.
D. 400 years
4). According to the author, people in today's world ____________.
B. are affected more by whatever happens in the other parts of the world
5). Today the publishing of newspapers and magazines is more economical because ____________.
B. new inventions are changing the techniques of newspaper publishing
5、Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee.
1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph?
B. frightened
2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph?
A. money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay back
3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, …at weekends" in the third paragraph implies_________.
A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare time
4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from home, _________.
A. it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to time
5). This passage is written for the purpose of _________.
C. offering new students some advice about their university life
6、PALO ALTO, California –“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting
1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____________.
D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV
2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____________.
A. is more than four hours a day
3). The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about ____________.
C. three hours
4). Which one of the following is right?
B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.
5). Why can watching TV increase kids' weight according to the passage?
D. Both A and B.
7、People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want. They want to
1). Heaven Air is the name of ____________.
B. an airline
2). Travelling with Heaven Air is ____________.
D. quick and safe
3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris ____________.
C. any time in a week
4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to ____________.
C. both big and small cities
5). According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ____________.
D. the best in the world
8、John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to
1). What does the word "replaced" mean in the sixth line in paragraph 1 ?
A. renewed
2). The word "shabby" in the last line of paragraph 1 means _________.
C. in bad condition
3). The word "drawback" most likely means _________.
B. disadvantage
4). The sentence "we have a list of things to do as long as your arm" means _________.
C. we have quite a few things to do
5). Which of the following is TRUE about June and Pete's house?
D. It generally please them.
9、Crime Prevention Initiatives
1). This passage mainly focuses on ________.
A. how to avoid crimes both at home and in the street
2). If you want to guarantee your safety at home, you should _________.
B. never leave the keys with workmen since they can easily make copies
3). Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you, it's better for you to _________.
D. go to public places
4). Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom?
C. Because it's convenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary.
5). From the passage, we can infer that we might be victims if _________.
A. we cannot part with the money when being attacked
10. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces.
…………………………………
1). What does the passage mainly discuss?
D. Trends in …
2). During the last ten years, __________.
A. the marriage …
3). According to the passage,
B. soar
4). According to the passage,
A. The highest….1969.
5). The last paragraph tells us …
D. the birth rate ……
11. STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES
Do you want to improve your skills and boost your job prospects?
………………
1). The passage is… the purpose of ________.
A. informing ……
2). Which of the …about the Direct?
D. It requires … skills.
3). Based on the passage……
A. meet the tutors on line
4). We can infer from the passage that
C. we needn't have ……
5). According to the passage,
C. simply go to the …
12. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.
………………………………
1). The author's experience of walking in a
A. unhappy
2). According to the author, human contact in
D. both A and B
3). According to the author, the more
C. more disconnected
4). What are the examples the author gives to
D. All of the above.
5). What is the unintended result of
B. It actually creates a distance between …
13. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued. ……………………………………
1). This passage mainly tells us __________.
C. the author and her brother had an…
2). According to the passage, her mother
B. on Saturdays
3). Their mother told them to go to the post
A. She wanted to give them a surprise.
4). What does the sentence "We were over the
B. We were extremely happy about it.
5). What is the best title for this passage?
D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting
14 . May you wish upon a thousand stars? May you catch a million fireflies? Get started with choosing a motorhome or a travel trailer. And then you may realize just how much you learn when you look at life through the eyes of a traveler.
………………………………
1). From the passage, we know for sure that Don
C. husband and wife
2). In the third paragraph, when Mary said,
D. her motorhome
3). Which of the following sentences do you
A. They learn a lot more than ordinary school
4). At the end of the fourth paragraph, the
B. Global Positioning System
5). The family consider themselves lucky
A. their life is rich and they stay closer
15. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order to attract as many applicants as possible.
…………………
1). What kind of companies are the best choice
C. Larger, well-known companies.
2). Which of the following is not true?
A. A person looking for a job should only
3). When people are looking for jobs, what
C. A resume and a cover letter.
4). If you send your resume to a company that
D. The company might write back and tell you
5). According to the author, ____________.
B. it is always a good idea to send in one's
16. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons, and Anna is the youngest in the family, but she's twenty-five now. Anna was not well when she was little. ……………………………
1). According to the passage, when Anna
A. got an illness
2). It can be inferred from the passage
B. mainly a woman's responsibility
3). What does "take after" mean in the
C. look like
4). My daughter and I have little in
D. character
5). From the passage, we can see the
D. affectionate
17. A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity boxes yesterday from local shops.
………………………………
1). The boy was caught stealing while he
C. dressed up as a woman representative
2). Which of the following is NOT true
D. He had been arrested and thrown into
3). Why did one of the shop owners call
C. Because the boy answered the call in
4). According to the judge, why did the
B. Because he came from a single-parent
5). What does the title of the passage
B. The boy who pretended to be a woman
18. PALO ALTO, California –“Switching off the television may help preven t children from getting fatter –even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.
…………………………………
1). The author tries to tell us in the
D. children will get fatter if they
2). According to the passage, the time
A. is more than four hours a day
3). The time the group of children in the
C. three hours
4). Which one of the following is right?
B. Children usually eat more while
5). Why can watching TV increase kids'
D. Both A and B.
19. Until the twentieth century cigarette smoking was not a widespread habit. ………………
1). When did cigarette smoking begin to
C. When cigarettes were made in large
2). Among which age group of people are
B. People in their thirties.
3). Which of the following has little to
D. How long he has worked.
4). Which of the following is true
B. Women with high family incomes and
5). What does the author mean by saying
C. Family income and education have much
20. The Extended Family
Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958.
…………………………………
1). Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to
C. Because her house in the downtown area was
2). When she got married, she lived
D. together with her parents for some time
3). How did she know so many people?
B. Because they were either her relatives or
4). The sentence "I had one neighbour who was
C. I had one neighbour who always showed
5). What does this passage mainly deal with?
A. What the extended family is like.
21. The British School System
Children in the UK have to go to school from the age of five for 11 years.
……………………………
1). Which of the following basic subjects
D. Dancing and music.
2). Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. State school students study subjects
3). It can be inferred from the first two
B. primary and secondary schooling
4). According to the last paragraph, why do
B. they will acquire some western ideas as
5). What is the author's attitude towards to
D. Objective
22. Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is shown by motion pictures,
………………………………
1). People learn about what happens in the
D. both A and B
2). According to the passage, the expression
D. every man belongs to some society
3). The passage suggests that newspapers have
D. 400 years
4). According to the author, people in today's
B. are affected more by whatever happens in
5). Today the publishing of newspapers and
B. new inventions are changing the
23. An Extraordinary Change of Direction
Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a
………………………………
1). What does the word "extraordinary" mean in the title?
B. very unusual and surprising
2). The sentence "…my husband thought I was bored …"
A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better
3). The word "section" in paragraph 4 most
C. part of the sail roufe
4). Which of the following is nearest (closest)
C. not smooth because of huge waves
5). The last paragraph suggests that
A. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer
24. Hello, new students!
This is a message from the Students Union Committee.
………………………………
1). What does the word "scared" mean in the
B. frightened
2). What does the word "grants" mean in the
A. money given by the government to support
3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to
A. if you are short of money, you can find
4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer
A. it's better for new students to talk to
5). This passage is written for the purpose of
C. offering new students some advice about
25. Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age ?
…………………………………
1). Mrs Hanson couldn't go to college
A. she hadn't got enough money
2). Mrs Hanson wanted to borrow money from the
C. to further her education at college
3). In the college, what makes Mrs Hanson
C. that she is 73 years old
4). The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson
D. they were deeply moved by her spirit
5). Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who
A. cares for study very much
26. 10th August, 2004
Dear Sirs, Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, PMC Company is a major producer of technically advanced machinery and chemicals for industry and agriculture. …………………………
1). The company wants to sell ____________.
D. machinery and chemicals
2). Where is the Head Office of the company?
C. In Chicago, Illinois.
3). When did the company's annual sales exceed
B. In the year of 2000.
4). The company thinks ____________.
C. it plays a leading role in the world's
5). The letter is written to ____________.
A. its customers in the States and abroad
27. Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, "London is not
a city, - it is a nation.
……………………………………
1). Why does the writer think that
D. a miniature world thanks to its great
2). Why does the writer think new
A. Because they have regularly
3). London is regarded as the most
D. many young people are immigrants from
4). The last paragraph mainly tells us in
D. young people feel at ease with a large
5). The passage mainly deals with
C. the cultural diversity in London
28. People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want.
1). Heaven Air is the name of……
B. an airline
2). Travelling with Heaven Air is …
D. quick and safe
3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris …
C. any time in a week
4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to …
C. both big and small cities
5). According to the advertisement, …
D. the best in the world
29. Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time.
………………………………
1). The topic sentence of paragraph 1 is
A. Morgan Rees has always been a good
2). The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is
C. He was unhappy after he retired
3). Which of the following statements can
B. He bought a small crockery factory in
4). What is the central idea of the last
D. Since he started working again,
5). The passage mainly deals with
B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again
30. The entertainment profession, or "show business", attracts many young people.
………………………
1). What is not mentioned as the
C. Getting the best tailor.
2). A successful pop singer must work
C. younger singers are catching up
3). For a pop singer, the most important
D. they make him rich and famous
4). According to the author, the fans
B. can be very annoying
5). The most important thing that a pop
A. keep smiling
31. In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a “weight problem.”
……………………………
1). What kind of physical problem do many
C. They are too fat.
2). Based on the information given in
D. 150.
3). Are there scientific facts to support
C. There are hardly any scientific facts
4). Compared with the grown-up Americans
A. ate more food and had more physical
5). What have some modern medical and
A. Fat people eat less food and are less
32. Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or "bike".
…………………………
1). According to the passage, bicycles ____________.
D. are the solution to some city problems
2). The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by ____________.
B. some bike riders
3). "Bicycle lanes" in the third
C. special parts of the road for bicycle
4). Which of the following is not true
D. In New York City, many people use
5). The best title for this passage is
D. A Solution to Traffic Problem in New
33. PAT the Dog
Did you know there are some very special dogs doing good work in our hospital wards? ……………………………
1). Which of the following statement is
B. Only some special dogs can help the
2). Pets are particularly beneficial to
C. elderly people who live alone
3). The first sentence of paragraph 2
D. people feel relaxed and hopeful when
4). The dog helps Alan do the following
D. She picks up the phone for him
5). The sentence "when I was going to a
C. when I became unconscious…
34. We are all in a rush. We are hurrying here and there. The pressure of time characterizes life today.
……………………………
1). According to the passage, what
D. feel time is pressing
2). In the sentence, "These days it is possible to drive, eat,
B. at the same time
3). The author believes that the
A . about time
4). The author ____________the American
C. is doubtful about
5). The best title for this passage is
A. Can We Save Time?
35. “But I just paid $ 1.69 for this bottle of wine last week. How come the price is now $ 2.25? What's going on?” ………………………………
1). From the first paragraph, we know
D. complaining about the price
2). The three factors mentioned in the
B. the price of wine to go up
3). The supply of wine has remained the
D. the production of wine has ceased to
4). What does "production costs" refer to
D. The cost of manpower and equipment.
5). The author's purpose of writing this
C. explain why the price of wine is
36 When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, ………………………..
1). This passage mainly tells us
C. the author and her brother had an
2). According to the passage, her mother
B. on Saturdays
3). Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won,
A. She wanted to give them a surprise.
4). What does the sentence "We were over
B. We were extremely happy about it.
5). What is the best title for this
D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting
37. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order to attract as many applicants as possible.
…………………………
1). What kind of companies are the best
C. Larger, well-known companies.
2). Which of the following is not true?
A. A person looking for a job should only
3). When people are looking for jobs,
C. A resume and a cover letter.
4). If you send your resume to a company
D. The company might write back and tell
5). According to the author,
B. it is always a good idea to send in
38. A Day in the Life of a Carer
Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother.
………………………………………
1). What does this passage mainly deal
B. Lily's daily experience as a carer of
2). Their breakfast from Monday to
A. toast
3). Which of the following is TRUE, based
D. They usually have breakfast together
4). From the passage, we learn Lily's
A. is good looking
5). How does Lily feel about caring for
C. She feels she is bound by it but she
39. Dear Folks,
I've been here for about three weeks and already I have so much to tell you. New York is nothing like I thought.
…………………………………
1). According to Yichen, New York
D. looks very different from what she
2). Yichen lives in a dormitory, because
A. it is the cheapest
3). The most difficult thing at the
C. to keep up in a different learning
4). Yichen seems to be ____________
B. less confident in making
5). On her arrival in New York, Yichen
D. Lanzhou
40. The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children.
……………………………………
1). According to the passage, around the
A. at about twenty-five
2). We are told that in an ordinary family
A. many children died before they were
3). When she was over fifty, the late
D. was unlikely to find a job even if she
4). According to the passage, the women
B. marry before they are twenty-five
5). Which of the following statements is
C. Today more married women leave work
41. Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage.
1). If you can't find your luggage at the
B. deliver it to where you live
2). Before taking your air trip, you have
A. of the restrictions on luggage
3). The charge for the excess luggage
B. the passenger
4). In case you have no idea at all where
D. the executing agency given in the
5). The passage is mainly about CIDA's
D. the transportation of your luggage
42. We often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.
………………………………
1). Which of the following is true
D. It is difficult to tell what people'
2). People's facial expressions may be
D. people from different cultures have
3). From the passage, we can conclude
A. gestures can be used to express
4). In the same culture, people
D. may have different abilities to
5). The best title for this passage can
C. Gestures and Feelings
43. Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road.…………………………………
1). Why is India the world's largest
C. Because there are so many motorcycles
2). From the second paragraph, we can
B. a hybrid of vehicles, especially slow
3). What does the phrase "Given the
C. If we take into consideration the
4). In the last paragraph, why does the
B. Because driving in India is often
5). What does the title suggest?
C. Drivers should be careful in the
44. I was 15 when I walked into McCarley Bookstore and began to look over the titles of the books on the shelves.
…………………………………
1). How did the author get the job in
A. He happened to walk into the shop and
2). According to the author, selling
B. it helped him understand the world
3). After he helped the fearful lady
D. proud of himself
4). The author decided to help the poor
B. persuading his boss to let him do the
5). The main reason that the author
C. it helps people make sense of the
45.Telecommuting(远程办公)
It's 8:30, time for John to start work. So he turns on his radio. Then he eats
breakfast. ………………
1). From the passage we know that John
D. through the Internet
2). Which of the following is mentioned
B. One can work on one's own schedule.
3). The passage tells us that
C. their employers can save more money
4). The phrase "suited to" in the third
C. fit for
5). The passage is mainly about
A. a new way to work
46. John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be closer to his daughter's family,
………………………………
1). What does the word "replaced" mean in
A. renewed
2). The word "shabby" in the last line of
C. in bad condition
3). The word "drawback" most likely means
B. disadvantage
4). The sentence "we have a list of things
C. we have quite a few things to do
5). Which of the following is TRUE about
D. It generally please them.
47. Bill Cooper is portfolio (证券投资) manager of the $13 billion Value Trust Funds, one of the best mutual funds of the last decade. …………
1). In the sentence of the first paragraph,
C. for nine years running
2). It was ____________ that Bill learned
A. through his father's explanation
3). It was the idea that ____________
D. one can make money through buying
4). From the passage, we know that Bill's
B. hard work
5). Bill Cooper soon learnt after his
C. only indicated that one was ready to
48. We often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.……………………
1). Which of the following is true
D. It is difficult to tell what people'
2). People's facial expressions may be
D. people from different cultures have
3). From the passage, we can conclude
A. gestures can be used to express
4). In the same culture, people
D. may have different abilities to
5). The best title for this passage can
C. Gestures and Feelings
49. Crime Prevention Initiatives
The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low.
………………………..
1). This passage mainly focuses on
A. how to avoid crimes both at home and
2). If you want to guarantee your safety
B. never leave the keys with workmen
3). Based on the passage, if you notice
D. go to public places
4). Why should you have a telephone in the
C. Because it's convenient for us to
5). From the passage, we can infer that
A. we cannot part with the money when
50. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER
A study has shown that fitness is the key to long life, irrespective of body shape or even smoking habits. …………………………
1). In the second paragraph, the word
A. supporting
2). What does the word "sedentary" mean
B. inactive
3). It can be inferred from the third
A. the new study contradicts the
4). What can we infer about the British
B. It has approved of the previous
5). What's the author's attitude
C. Objective.
51. We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book.
……………………………
1). When she took a mop from the small
C. to see a patient
2). When the nurse talked to Mum she
D. cleaner
3). After reading the story what can we
B. It has strict rules about visiting
4). Why did Mum go to see Kate in the
D. To find out how she was.
5). Which of the following words best
D. Clever.
52. Learning Styles
"Listen, that's not right." "Look, you don't understand!" "Sorry, I don't follow."……………………
1). Which of the following learners is
D. Sensory learner.
2). Which of the following is NOT true
D. They remember people's names
3). Which of the following describes best
B. They prefer to listen rather than
4). From the fourth paragraph, the
C. do more physical exercises
5). According to the passage, the
A. he cannot concentrate on things
53. MAPPING THE FUTURE
At Beijing's new Urban Planning Exhibition Centre a computerised city planning map is creating great interest. ……………………
1). Which of the following best describes
A. Beijing's planning map interests
2). According to the passage, which of
D. Factories
3). Which of the following best states
B. The main attraction is a big model and
4). Which of the following illustrates
D. Some people feel happy and others
5). Based on your understanding of each
C. The newly-planned city map reveals
54. The entertainment profession, or "show business", attracts many young people. …………………………
1). What is not mentioned as the
C. Getting the best tailor.
2). A successful pop singer must work
C. younger singers are catching up
3). For a pop singer, the most important
D. they make him rich and famous
4). According to the author, the fans
B. can be very annoying
5). The most important thing that a pop
A. keep smiling
55. Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century AD.
…………………………………
1). Where was paper invented?
A. In China.
2). Scandinavia began to make paper
C. in 1500
3). Every four hundred copies of a
B. one tree
4). All over the world, trees are being
D .faster
5). The latest things made of paper are
D. houses
56. Cynthia Woolly is called the Michael Jordan of women's basketball. With the help and support of her mother, she made her way out of a Los Angeles ghetto (贫民窟) and into the world of women's basketball.
…………………………………
1). From the first sentence of this
D. the best professional woman
2). Cynthia Woolly is now ____________.
A. the team leader of a basketball team
3). From the passage, we can come to the
A. at a disadvantage
4). Which of the following statements is
C. She doesn't want the younger
5). The right thing that Cynthia Woolly
B. providing them with a better
57. Robert was born in a small town in England. His father has a farm and can supply him enough money to university where he's studying law.
…………………………………
1). Robert can study in the university
B. his father is a rich farmer
2). The English visitor thought
A. there were a lot of thieves in the
3). Robert brought his money out of his
D. he was afraid to lose his wallet
4). Robert put the note in the wallet
B. he hoped to make fun of the thieves
5). In fact, ____________.
A. the thief made fun of Robert
58 A: What was your very first job?
B: When I left school, I sold double-glazing and I hated it.
…………………………………
1). Why did he (the second speaker) give
D. Both B and C
2). It can be inferred from the passage
A. he got the job as a journalist mainly
3). Why did he give up journalism to sail
B. Because was bored with the fact that
4). It can be inferred from this passage
A. he prefers to look after children
5). What does the word "chaotic" mean in
D. disorderly
59 In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake hands and say, ………
1). The first paragraph tells us
C. how to greet someone in business
2). If you are invited to someone's house
C. leave the house before the last guest
3). English people like to talk about the
D. income and marriage
4). In the last paragraph. The sentence
B. it's usual to pay for a drink one
5). The subject matter of the passage
A. British social customs
60 After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. …………………
1). The reason for Mrs Richards'
B. she was to attend an evening party
2). Mrs Richards went downstairs with the
A. make sure that the costume fitted her
3). The man who was knocking at the door
D. an electricity man
4). What did the man do after he knocked
C. He stepped directly towards the
5). The man ____________ and that made
A. thought he must have met a ghost
61 We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book.………………………
1). When she took a mop from the small
C. to see a patient
2). When the nurse talked to Mum she
D. cleaner
3). After reading the story what can we
B. It has strict rules about visiting
4). Why did Mum go to see Kate in the
D. To find out how she was.
5). Which of the following words best
D. Clever.
62.John Preston lives in a flat in north London. He moved there after his wife died four years ago to be closer to his daughter's family, …………………
1). What does the word "replaced" mean in
A. renewed
2). The word "shabby" in the last line of
C. in bad condition
3). The word "drawback" most likely means
B. disadvantage
4). The sentence "we have a list of things
C. we have quite a few things to do
5). Which of the following is TRUE about
D. It generally please them.
63. My mother raised me as best as she could, taking on odd jobs in the neighborhood for money.
………………………………………
1). From this story, we may guess that the
C. poor
2). The author used to behave himself
D. badly
3). From the context, we understand that
B. which are not regular or fixed
4). In the first sentence of the second
A. the three years of military service
5). What is not true according to the
B. The author was surprised that he was
64. To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade(遮光物) against the sun!
…………………………………
1). According to this passage, the
A. in ancient China
2). Which of the following statements is
C. The umbrella changed much in style in
3). A strange feature of the umbrella's
B. a symbol of honour and power
4). In Europe, the umbrella was first
C. in Rome
5). This passage talks mainly about
D. the history and use of the umbrella
65. THE FITTEST DO LIVE LONGER
A study has shown that fitness is the key to long life,
………………………………
1). In the second paragraph, the word
A. supporting
2). What does the word "sedentary" mean
B. inactive
3). It can be inferred from the third
A. the new study contradicts the
4). What can we infer about the British
B. It has approved of the previous
5). What's the author's attitude
C. Objective.
66. My mother raised me as best as she could, taking on odd jobs in the neighborhood for money.
……………………………
1). From this story, we may guess that the
C. poor
2). The author used to behave himself
D. badly
3). From the context, we understand that
B. which are not regular or fixed
4). In the first sentence of the second
A. the three years of military service
5). What is not true according to the
B. The author was surprised that he was
67. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week,………………………
1). This passage mainly tells us
C. the author and her brother had an
2). According to the passage, her mother
B. on Saturdays
3). Their mother told them to go to the
A. She wanted to give them a surprise.
4). What does the sentence "We were over
B. We were extremely happy about it.
5). What is the best title for this
D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting
68. Crime Prevention Initiatives
The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low.
……………………………………
1). This passage mainly focuses on
A. how to avoid crimes both at home and
2). If you want to guarantee your safety
B. never leave the keys with workmen
3). Based on the passage, if you notice
D. go to public places
4). Why should you have a telephone in the
C. Because it's convenient for us to
5). From the passage, we can infer that
A. we cannot part with the money when
69. May you wish upon a thousand stars? May you catch a million fireflies? Get started with choosing a motorhome or a travel trailer.
1). From the passage, we know for sure
小学四年级英语阅读理解训练题 See a Doctor看医生(一) Mother: Good morning,Doctor! Doctor: Good morning, Mrs Brown. What’s wrong with your son,John?Mother: He looks ill. Doctor: Hello,John.How do you feel now? John: I don’t feel well, Doctor. Doctor: Open your mouth,John.Show me your tongue.SayJohn: Ah? Doctor: John has a bad cold, Mrs Brown. Mother: Can he go to school? Doctor: No. He must be in bed and take some medicine.Mother: Thank you ,Doctor. 根据短文选择正确答案“Ah”.小学四年级英语阅读理解训练题(二) Jim’s Family吉米的家庭 It’s nine o’clock in the evening. The family are all at home. Jim’s father is sitting in’s giving some food to a birdHe’s watching TV. Jim’s mother is standing near the window. She thedoor.Pollysays,“Thanks! Thanks!”Where’s Jim?Oh,he’s behindKate,Jim’sister,islooking for him. They are playing games. They have no homework on Sunday evening. 根据短文选择正确答案 ()1.There are _____ members(成员) in the family.A.three B.four C.five D.six ()2.Who is watching TV in a chair?
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英语四级阅读题库含答案解析 1.Passage One Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’t –we won’t do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed. Al Gore calls global warming an “inconvenient truth,” as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don’t know enough to relieve global warming, and –without major technological breakthroughs—we can’t do much about it. From 2003 to 2050, the world’s population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, CO2) will be 42% higher in 2050. but that’s too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. We need economic growth unless we condemn the world’s poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else‘s living standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050. No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they’re “doing something.” Consider the Kyoto Protocol (京都议定书). It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn’t. But it hasn’t reduced CO2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories (签字国) didn’t adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets. The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it. The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it’s really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don’t solve the engineering problem, we’re helpless. 57. What is said about global warming in the first paragraph? A) It may not prove an environmental crisis at all. B) It is an issue requiring world wide commitments. C) Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it. D) Very little will be done to bring it under control. 58. According to the author’s understanding, what is Al Gore’s view on global warming? A) It is a reality both people and politicians are unaware of. B) It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences. C) It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized. D) It is an area we actually have little knowledge about. 59. Green house emissions will more than double by 2050 because of _______. A) economic growth B) the widening gap between the rich and poor C) wasteful use of energy D) the rapid advances of science and technology
小学四年级英语阅读理解题 (1) Bob Pearson is an old man. He has two big houses and a new car. He has no wife, but he is a father of four children. He has two sons and two daughters. One son is from England. His name is Bill. The other son is from America. His name is Mike. One of his daughters is from China. Her name is Lanlan. The other one is from Japan. Her name is Nikon. Bob Pearson is not the children’s real father, but he loves them very much. The children love their “father”, too. Bob Pearso n has many toys for the children. He gives different toys to different children. The boys play with toy cars. The girls play with dolls and toy animals. Bob Pears on is the children’s “father”, and he is their good friend, too. ( )1. Bob Pearson has six children. ( )2. Bob Pearson is a nice young man. ( )3. Nikon is a Japanese girl. ( )4. Bill and Mike are from England. ( )5. Nikon and Lanlan like toy animals. (2) This is a picture of a family. The grandmother’s name is Harry Smith. The grandfather’s n ame is Jean Smith. They are very old. They are Americans. The father’s name is Lake Smith. He is 44. The mother’s name is Kate Smith. She is 40. They have a son of ten and a daughter of fifteen. The son’s name is John Smith and the daughter’s mane is Mary Smith. They are students of Middle School. Kate is a teacher of the same school. Lake is a policeman. It’s a very good family. ( )1. Lake Smith’s parents are. A. Americans B. American C. America ( )2. John’s f ather is . A. 44 B. 40 C. very old ( )3. Mary’s mother is a . A. teacher B. policeman C. doctor ( )4. they are in the school. A. some B. same C. any ( )5. The family has children. A. six B. two C. four
As the pace of life continues to increase ,we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift,being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body. Stress is an natural part of everyday lift and there is no way to avoid it. In fact ,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be .A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation adn give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress,and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress,in whatever form,we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress,it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress,that health becomes endangered.Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress.Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it. 1.People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____. a.they do not know how to enjoy themselves b.they do not believe that relaxation is important for health c.they are travelling fast all the time d.they are becoming busier with their work 2.According to the writer ,the most important character for a good manager is his ________. a.not fearing stress b.knowing the art of relaxation c.high sense of responsibility d.having control over performance 3.Which of the follwing statements is ture? a.We can find some ways to avoid stress b.Stress is always harmful to people
四年级英语阅读理解专项训练题 （一）Mother is at home Little Jack is playing in front of (在……前面) a house. A salesman (促销员) asks him, " Hi,boy! Is your mother in? " " Yes! " Jack answers. Then the salesman rings the doorbell (门铃). No one answers. The man asks Jack, " Nobody is at home? " " Right! " Jack answers, " But this is not my house." 根据短文内容，判断句子对(√)错(×)。 ( ) 1. Jack is reading in front of his house. ( ) 2. Jack's mother is at home. ( ) 3. The salesman asks Jack, " Is your mother in? " ( ) 4. Jack's mother goes shopping. (二） Betty and Kitty are twins. They’re 12 years old. They look the same. But they have different hobbies. Betty likes collecting stamps. She has many beautiful stamps. They’re from different cities and countries. But Kitty likes growing
大学英语四级阅读理解（1）We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把......按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade! Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning. In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyse and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work: it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every
PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN] In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. TEXT A Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America's most widespread nuisance. But noise is more than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people's health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by ignoring it, the ear, in fact, never closes and the body still responds—sometimes with extreme tension, as to a strange sound in the night. The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us. Indeed, because irritability is so apparent, legislators have made public annoyance the basis of many noise abatement programs. The more subtle and more serious health hazards associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much less attention. Nevertheless, when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise, we should consider these symptoms fair warning that other thing may be happening to us, some of which may be damaging to our health. Of many health hazards to noise, hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. The other hazards are harder to pin down. For many of us, there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increases susceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heart problems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences for these already ill in mind or body. Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example, there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers are exposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood, youngsters exposed to high noise levels may have trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest. Why, then, is there not greater alarm about these dangers? Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilities or diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss annoyance as a price to pay for living in the modern world. It may also be because we still think of hearing loss as only an occupational hazard. 1. In Paragraph 1, the phrase "immune to" are used to mean ___. A.unaffected by B.hurt by C.unlikely to be seen by D.unknown by 2. 3. The author's attitude toward noise would best be described as ___. A.unrealistic B.traditional C.concerned D.hysterical Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage? A.Noise is a major problem; most people recognize its importance. B.Although noise can be annoying, it is not a major problem. C.Noise is a major problem and has not yet been recognized as such. D.Noise is a major problem about which nothing can be done.
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 综合题，请根据题目给出的内容，来回答下面给出的试题。We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all these years, educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that examinations text what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person's true ability and aptitude. As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn't matter that you weren't feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don't count: the exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of vicious competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of 'drop-outs': young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students? A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The examination system does anything but that. What has to be learnt is rigidly laid down by a syllabus, so the student is encouraged to memorize. Examinations do not motivate a student to read widely, but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce cramming. They lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedoms. Teachers themselves are often judged by examination results and instead of teaching their subjects, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most successful candidates are not always the best educated; they are the best trained in the technique of working under duress. The results on which so much depends are often nothing more than a subjective assessment by some anonymous examiner. Examiners are only human. They get tired and hungry; they make mistakes. Yet they have to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work under the same sort of pressure as the candidates. And their word carries weight. After a judge's decision you have the right of appeal, but not after an examiner's. There must surely be many simpler and more effective ways of assessing a person's true abilities. Is it cynical to suggest that examinations are merely a profitable business for the institutions that run them? This is what it boils down to in the last analysis. The best comment on the system is this illiterate message recently scrawled on a wall: 'I were a teenage drop-out and now I are a teenage millionaire.' 请根据上面给出的内容，来回答下面的单项选择题（下列每小题备选答案中，只
小学四年级英语阅读理解题 Hello, boys and girls. My name is Lan Mao. I am 10, I have a friend, Her name is Hong Tu. She has long hair, big eyes and ears. She has a small nose and a big mouth. She is friendly. We are good friend. ( )1. Lan Mao is ten years old. ( )2. Hong Tu has a small nose. ( )3. Lan Mao is friendly. ( )4. Hong Tu has short hair. ( )5. Lan Mao and Hong Tu are good friend. 【篇二】小学四年级英语阅读理解题 Hello! I’m Zoom. This is my classroom. It’s very big. In the classroom you can see a big boardd, 2 doors, 6 windows, 10 desks, 20 chairs, 4 pictures and 8 lights. The board is black. The wall is white. The floor is green. My classroom is nice and clean. I like my classroom very much. ( )1. The classroom is very big. ( )2. The board is small. ( ) 3. There are 6 windows in the classroom. ( )4. The floor is yellow. ( )5. The classroom is nice and clean. 【篇三】小学四年级英语阅读理解题
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3 大学英语四级阅读理解试题及答案（四） 十六 Trees should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , fortunately,the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of obergrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way. First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut diseaed or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the centre and so preventing the free movement of air. One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but itis a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the desease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce which has been pruned smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hurs and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually without interference from the leaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts yu make will bleed. If this does happen,it is, of course,impossible to paint them properly. 1.Pruning should be done to ______. a.make the tree grow taller