You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life. What if you say it first and your partner doesn?t love you back? Or if they do say it, but you don?t feel they mean it? Being the firs t to declare your love can be ever racking(紧张）and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle (海龟) with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn? t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand fast?
“A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal,” says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal.” All relationships go through power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of …I?ve always loved you more? may be subverted (颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling (大声争吵). “ In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,” says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says …I love you? first may als o be the one who says …I?m bored with you? first.” Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you” is said and the motivation of the person saying it. “Is it said when they?re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it rea lly means is …Please don?t be unfaithful to me?? By saying …I love you?, they are really saying …Do you love me?? If so, wouldn?t it just be more honest to say that. Collins agrees that intention is everything. “It?s not what is said, but how it?s said. Wh at it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The importance of “I love you”.
B. The meaning of “I love you”.
C. The time of saying “I love you.
D. The place of saying “I love you”.
2. In the first sentence the author means that ________.
A. it is easy to say “I love you”
B. it is hard to say “I love you”
C. we have many troubles in our life
D. people usually do not know when to say “I love you”
3. According to the expert, a good relationship should be ________.
A. fair and equal
B. fair and kind
C. powerful and equal
D. confident and fair
4. In the third paragraph, the phrase “with the upper hand” means ________.
A. being low in spirit
B. having only one hand
C. being active
D. being passive
5. What is the most important for you to consider when somebody say “I love you” to you?
A. The intention.
B. The place.
C. The time.
D. The determination.
Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospital, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.
Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter has only a part-time teacher. The special children?s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher—and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.
Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to re ly on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best as they can.
Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.
6. The author points out at the beginning that______.
A. every child in hospital receives some teaching
B. not enough is known about hospital teaching
C. hospital teaching is of poor quality
D. the special children?s hospitals are worst off
7. It can be inferred from the latest survey that______.
A. hospital teaching across the country is similar
B. each hospital has at least one part-time teacher
C. all hospitals surveyed offer education to children
D. only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers
8. Children in hospital usual1y turn to ______in order to catch up with the school work.
A. hospital teachers
B. schoolmates
C. parents
D. school teachers
9. When some parents require school and teachers to help the children back from hospital, they
often _____.
A. get a helper from the school
B. are rejected or neglected by school
C. have access to more books
D. are blamed by teachers
10. We can conclude from the passage that the author is______.
A. unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals
B. in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals
C. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching
D. satisfied with the results of the latest survey
Passage 3
Let?s take a look at the society around me. I have got to be a 5-foot-10, super-thin gorgeous (非常漂亮的) woman to even be considered for media praise.
My coach keeps on pushing me, even though I am honestly trying my best. My boss will go mad if I?m five minutes late. My parents expect me to have a
4.0 grade-point average, be nice to my brother, earn a music scholarship and still make it home in time to do the dishes.
Well, I never really have the guts (勇气) to complain about any of these things, so I found a way around them. I simply do what?s expected of me. That?s the way of the teenage world.
In today?s society, a girl is expected to do several things at a time to be a success. I?m all for aiming high, but I don?t like to be kicked if I don?t hit my target. I would rather work on something I love to do, than to be No. 1 in something I hate.
D on?t get me wrong; I appreciate the push that everyone gives me. I just wish I could be pushed in the direction I want to go in, instead of worrying about disappointing the people I love.
I blame a lot of this teenage stress (压力) on the media.
When you turn on MTV, the first thing you usually see is an unbelievably beautiful girl with no problems, perfect grades and excellent athletic ability. The image that is painted for teenage girls is totally false!
We do have problems. We all don?t have a 4.0 GPA. Our hair isn?t always perfect. All of us aren?t rich. We do get pimples (粉刺).
We should acknowledge these things and steer away from people who try to change us. I, for one, don?t want to be a part of an unrealistic fantasy world anymore. So I want to break these barriers (障碍).
I am not the prettiest, smartest, most athletic girl in the universe. But I am good at a lot of things. I guess you could call me a normal teenage girl. And I?m happy with that.
11. What is expected of a young woman in today? society?
A) Be tall and thin.
B) Be athletic and good at music.
C) Be perfect in everything.
D) Be graceful and have good manners.
12. What is the greatest stress affecting young girls?
A) They have to do several things at a time.
B) Too much is expected of them.
C) They have to do things they do not like.
D) Their parents want them to take care of their brothers.
13. Who or what is chiefly responsible for the stress young girls are suffering from?
A) The media. B) Their parents. C) Their school. D) Their own fault.
14. What does the author want to do?
A) Get a 4.0 GPA and be an academic success.
B) Try not to disappoint her parents and people around her.
C) Grow into the prettiest and most athletic girl in the world.
D) Be realistic and steer away from the fantasy world.
15. What does the author advise her peers to do?
A) Be happy with themselves. B) Be good at a lot of things.
C) Follow the media closely. D) Pay attention to their image.
Passage 4
Unhappiness used to be considered an unavoidable part of human existence. Knowledge and rationality can help us overcome this dilemma.
Most people oscillate between bursts of happiness and long periods of unhappiness. Only recently have we realized that happiness need not merely be an involuntary emotional response to outside events.
Unhappiness can exist only when our actions, perceptions or expectations are not in alignment with objective reality---when we do not understand what is really happening in the objective reality. Then what is Objective Reality?
Objective reality is everything that simply exists. Nature is the small part of Objective Reality that surrounds us and people are just as much part of Objective Reality, as trees, the ocean or other galaxies.
If we could have total knowledge of Objective Reality, we would be in complete alignment with the world. Conflicts and problems would disappear because they only arise when our perceptions are in conflict with Objective Reality.
In order to understand Objective Reality, we need to have a view of the way the world really is. We need to separate relevant knowledge, such as Gravity and Probability, from knowledge that is irrelevant to human existence, such as the Big Bang. From cosmology to geology, from evolution to psychology, we need to provide ourselves with the clearest possible perspective of the way things really are.
Above all, we must understand that human “problems” are always the result of our misalignment with reality. In order to be aligned with objective reality we need to separate the wheat from the chaff (谷壳). The more we dig, the more chaff we have to shovel. From politics to love, from economics to sex.
Persons who rely on religion for guidance through the hardships of life have to overcome an obstinate hindrance: They need to abandon the illusory comforts of a belief system that is filled with irrationality.
Many people are ineffective in recognizing the reality of problematic situations and thus cannot choose between happiness and unhappiness. However, it is within the grasp of modern man to acquire a thorough understanding of Objective Reality.
Yet, even with the modern science, it is still impossible for man to have total knowledge of reality. Therefore it is not possible for him to be in total alignment with Objective Reality at all times.
Conflicts and problems are unavoidable. Yet, by perceiving Objective Reality as clearly as possible, we can minimize our conflicts and thus optimize our happiness.
16. __________can help people avoid being unhappy according to the author of the passage.
A) Education B) Objective reality
C) Knowledge and rationality D) Irrationality
17.What is the possible meaning of the underlined word oscillate in paragraph 2?
A) Hesitate. B) Move back and forth.
C) Change. D) Go.
18. Which of the following knowledge is irrelevant to human existence?
A) Gravity. B) Geology.
C) Evolution. D) Big Bang.
19. By using the analogy of “separating wheat from chaff”, the author means that __________.
A) politics, love, economics and sex are just like chaff
B) in order to get more wheat, we have to shovel more chaff
C) in order to be aligned with objective reality, we have to know how to separate relevant
knowledge from the knowledge irrelevant to human existence
D) h uman “problems” are a ctually the result of our misalignment with reality
20. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A) A belief system is illusory because it is filled with irrationality.
B) Many people don?t know how to be happy because they do not recognize the reality of
problematic situations.
C) By perceiving Objective Reality, we can be the happiest.
D) It is impossible for man to have total knowledge of reality. Therefore it is not possible for him
to be in total alignment with Objective Reality at any time.
Passage 5
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, and red? If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, and an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be a pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors
have on human beings. They tell us among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as we grow up —we are born with our preference. If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
Color does influence our moods ―there is no doubt about it. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing. A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area —until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply; perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or gray.
21. The author regards the psychologists? findings as ________.
A) groundless B) doubtful C) reasonable D) unusual
22. According to the psychologists, a person?s color preference ________.
A) is formed as he grows up
B) is acquired through experience
C) is decided by his surroundings
D) is possessed from birth
23. It can be concluded from the passage that it?s better to paint the dining room ________.
A) brown B) yellow C) blue D)gray
24. The example of the bridge is used to illustrate that ________.
A) people tend to kill themselves by jumping from bridges
B) color can affect people?s moods to a great degree
C) the bridge should have been repainted earlier
D) certain color can kill people sometimes
25. The notion that machines painted orange can reduce the risk of accidents ________.
A) is a well-accepted fact B) remains to be proved
C) is an illusion of workers D) is a good wish of scientists
Passage 6
Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human conditions is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with life changes and daily hassles (争吵). People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off (避开) illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational
support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support ― financial aid, material resources and needed services —that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.
26. Interpersonal relationships are important because ________.
A. they can cure a range of illnesses such as heart disease, etc.
B. they help people to cope with life in the information era
C. they a waken people?s desire to exchange resources
D. they are indispensable to people?s social well-being
27. Research shows that people?s physical and mental health ________.
A. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
B. relies on the social welfare systems which support them
C. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
D. is closely related to their strength for coping with major changes in their lives
28. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the wor d “cushions” ?
A. Lays the foundation for.
B. Lessens the effect of.
C. Adds up to.
D. Does away with.
29. Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work is an example of ________.
A. informational support
B. social companionship
C. instrumental support
D. the strengthening of self-respect
30. Social companionship is beneficial in that ________.
A. it helps strengthen our ties with relatives
B. it makes our leisure-time activities more enjoyable
C. it enables us to eliminate our faults and mistakes
D. it draws our attention away from our worries and trouble
Passage 7
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to
attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day?s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.
31. A modern newspaper is remarkable of all the following except its ______.
A. wide coverage
B. uniform style
C. speed in reporting news
D. popularity
32. According to the passage, th e reason why not two people really read the “same” newspaper
is
that_______.
A. people scan for the news they are interested in
B. different people prefer different newspapers
C. people are rarely interested in the same kind of news
D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is
33. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers______.
A. apply reading techniques skillfully
B. jump from one newspaper to another
C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper
D. usually read a newspaper selectively
34. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because_______.
A. it tries to serve different readers
B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality
C. readers are difficult to please
D. readers like to read different newspapers
35. The best title for this passage would be “ _______”.
A. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality
B. The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper
C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper
D. Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper
Passage 8
There is a difference between science and technology. Science is a method of answering theoretical questions; technology is a method of solving practical problems. Science has to do with the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories
that serve to organize these facts and relationships; technology has to do with tools, techniques, and procedures for implementing the finding of science.
Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each. Progress in science excludes the human factor. Scientists, who seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth with the highest degree of accuracy and certainty, cannot pay attention to their own or other people?s likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists discover may shock or anger people—as did Darwin?s theory of evolution. But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the choice of refusing to believe it! B ut it?s hardly so with technology and we do not have the choice of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic aircraft flying overhead; we do not have the choice of refusing to breathe polluted air; and we do not have the choice of living in a non-atomic age. Unlike science progress, technology must be measured in terms of the human factor. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people in general, not merely some people; and future generations, not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves. Technology must be humanistic if it is to lead to a better world.
36. Which of the following statements about science is NOT true?
A) Science provides answers to theoretical questions.
B) Science seeks to comprehend the universe.
C) Science aims to discover the inter-connections of facts and the rules that explain them.
D) Science serves people in general and can be measured in terms of the human factor.
37. Which of the following statements about technology is NOT true?
A) Technology provides answers to practical problems.
B) Technology seeks to establish theories based on facts.
C) Technology helps change the material world.
D) Technology has to do with new designs and ways of making the things we use in our daily life.
38. According to the author, scientific theories _____________.
A) must be strictly objective
B) usually pay attention to people?s likes and dislikes
C) should conform to popular opinions
D) always convince everyone
39. The author states that technology itself _____________.
A) is responsible for pollution and resource exhaustion
B) should serve those who wish to gain advantage for themselves
C) will lead to a better world if put to wise use
D) will inevitably be for bad motivation
40. The tone of the author in this passage is _____________.
A) ironical B) critical
C) factual D) arbitrary
Passage 9
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. In the nearly sixty two years of his life that followed he forged a literary reputation unsurpassed in the twentieth
century. In doing so, he also created a mythological hero in himself that captivated not only serious literary critics but the average man as well. In a word, he was a star.
As a boy he was taught by his father to hunt and fish along the shores and in the forests surrounding Lake Michigan. The Hemingways had a summer house in northern Michigan, and the family would spend the summer months there trying to stay cool. Hemingway would either fish the different streams that ran into the lake, or would take the row boat out to do some fishing there. He would also go squirrel hunting in the woods, discovering early in life the serenity to be found while alone in the forest or wading a stream. It was something he could always go back to throughout his life, and though he often found himself living in major cities like Chicago, Toronto and Paris early in his career, once he became successful he chose somewhat isolated places to live in.
When he wasn?t hunting or fishing his mother taught him the finer points of music. She was an accomplished singer who once had aspirations of a career on stage, but eventually settled down with her husband and occupied her time by giving voice and music lessons to local children, including her own. Hemingway never had a knack for music and suffered through choir practices and cello lessons, however the musical knowledge he acquired from his mother helped him share in his first wife Hadley?s interest in the piano.
41. Ernest Hemingway died in_________.
A. 1969
B. 1979
C. 1981
D. 1961
42. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. His father taught him to fish and hunt when he was a boy.
B. His family had a summer house in northern Michigan.
C. He taught himself music when he was a boy.
D. He also went squirrel hunting in the woods.
43. After he became successful, Ernest Hemingway_________.
A. preferred to stay in big cities
B. chose to live in somewhat isolated places
C. moved his family to Paris
D. killed himself
44. Being talented in music, Hemingway?s mother once wanted to ________.
A. be a music teacher
B. help Hemingway learn music
C. perform on the stage as a singer
D. marry a rich husband
45. The passage is most probably from _____________.
A. a literary biography
B. a science textbook
C. an academic paper
D. a personal diary
Passage 1 There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a traditional classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom. But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of student. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their schools. You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to. 1.Open education allows the students to ____. A.grow as the educated B.be responsible for their future C.develop their own interests D.discover subjects outside class 2. Open education may be a good idea for the students who ____. A.enjoy learning B.worry about grades C.do well in a traditional classroom D.are responsible for what they do in life 3. Some students will do little in an open classroom because ____. A.there are too few rules B.they hate activities C.open education is similar to the traditional education D.they worry about the rules 4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?____ A.Some traditional teachers do not like it.
阅读理解 B 42、Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. A：T B：F 答案：A (4)、The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave". A：T B：F 答案：A (5)、The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law". A：T B：F 答案：B 43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night. A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、Mr. James built the house. A：T B：F 答案：B (4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. A：T B：F 答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story. A：T B：F 答案：B 44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. A：T B：F 答案：A (3)、People no longer want to have children. A：T B：F 答案：B (4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F 答案：B (5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F 答案：A 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!
Passage 1 Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own. Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the countr y. If one likes garden, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature. Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 1. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city. B. All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country. C. Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London. D. Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside. 2. With the same money needed for ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. A. getting a small flat with a garden B. having a small flat with a garden C. renting a small flat without a garden D. buying a small flat without a garden 3. When the garden is in blossom, the one ________ has been rewarded. A. living in the country B. having spent time working in the garden. C. having a garden of his own. D. having been digging, planting and watering 4. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ________ if they had to live outside London. A. their life was meaningless B. their life was invaluable C. they didn’t deserve a happy life D. they were not worthy of their happy life 5. The underlined phrase “get away from” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________. A. deal with B. do away with C. escape from D. prevent from 很多在伦敦工作的人喜欢住在伦敦郊外，然后每天乘火车、汽车和公交车去上班或上学。这也就意味着他们不得不早出晚归。
大学英语一阅读理解 一、阅读理解（共505题,共101分） 1. Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1. 01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” acro ss the country seeking to kick the habit. This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase. The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely. In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost ＄10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. Charleston, S, C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4. 78. The influence is obvious. In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records. Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.” That’s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place, As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better. （1分） (1) The text is mainly about___________. （0.2分） A.the price of cigarettes B.the rate of teen smoking C.the effect of tobacco tax increase D.the differences in tobacco tax rate 标准答案：C (2) What does the author think is a surprise? （0.2分） A.Teen smokers are price sensitive. B.Some states still keep the tobacco tax low. C.Tobacco taxes improve public health. D.Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise. 标准答案：B (3) The underlined word "deter” in Paragr aph 3 most probably means . （0.2分） A.discarding B.remove C.benefit D.free 标准答案：A (4) Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of . （0.2分） A.tolerance B.unconcern C.doubt D.sympathy 标准答案：D (5) What can we learn from the last paragraph? （0.2分） A.The new tax will be beneficial in the long run. B.Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.
09级2下大学英语阅读理解练习题 根据文章内容，选择正确的答案。错选、多选，少选或未选均无分。 Passage one Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle. Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine. Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre. To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”. 1.According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.【C】 A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep B. much more hard-working than other inventors C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked 2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.【A 】
大学英语阅读理解题及答案 大学英语阅读理解题及答案 以下是由yjbys小编为大家提供的大学英语的`阅读理解题以及参考答案，欢迎要考六级的同学阅读学习一下哦! 第一篇： In the last two hundred years there have been great changes in the method of production of goods. This is now also true of the building industry; for mechanization has been introduced. System building can save both time and money. The principle of system building is that the building is made from a set of standard units. These are either made at the building-site or at a factory. Some designers, in fact, are standardizing the dimensions of rooms. They are made in multiples of a single fixed length, usually ten centimeters. This is called a modular (标准件的) system, and it means that manufactures can produce standardized fittings at a lower cost. The most important fact about system building is its speed. A ten-storey flat, for example, can be completed in four months. There are several new methods of system building. One is the panel method. In this case, the construction company sometimes erects a factory on the site. The walls and floors of the building, called panels, are cast in a horizontal or vertical position. Conduits for electrical wires and sleeves for pipes are cast in the panels when they are being made. The moulds for making these castings are situated all around the building. After the concrete panels are cast, they are allowed to set and harden for a week. Next they are lifted by a tower crane on to any section of the building. There the panels are cemented together at their joints and the floor covering is laid. After the panels have been cemented together, the crane lifts a case into the area. It contains all the fittings to be installed, such as wash-basins, radiators and pipes. Finishing tradesmen, such as plumbers, plasterers, painters and electricians, follow behind to complete the work. In some building developments, in some countries, whole flats with internal features like their bathrooms, bedrooms and connecting stairs, and weighing as much as twenty tons, are carried to the building-site ready-made. A giant overhead crane is used to lift them into position. In the future, this method may become more widespread.
阅读理解大学英语A 1、Throughout the colonial period there was a remarkable shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the frontier areas. This shortage enhanced women's status and position and allowed them to pursue different careers. The puritans regarded idleness as a sin, and believed that life in an underdevelopment country made it necessary that each member of the community performed an economic function. Thus work for women was not only approved but also was regarded as a civic duty. Puritan town councils expected widows and independent women to be self-supporting. There was no social prohibition against married women working; on the contrary, wives were expected to help their husbands in their trade and won social approval for doing extra work in or out of the home. The vast majority of women worked within their homes, where their labor produced most articles needed for the family. The entire colonial production of cloth and clothing and partly that of shoes was in the hands of women. In addition to these occupations, women were found in many different kinds of employment. They were butchers, silversmiths and gunsmiths. They ran mills, plantations, shipyards, and every kind of shop. They were gatekeepers, jail keepers, journalists, printers, nurses, and teachers. (1)、What does the passage mainly discuss A：Colonial marriages. B：The puritan religion. C：Colonial women's employment. D：Education in the colonies. 答案：C (2)、According to the passage, where in colonial North America were there the fewest women A：Puritan communities. B：Seaports. C：Frontier settlements. D：Capital cities. 答案：C (3)、It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans were ______.