题目内容
Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
【小题1】From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _______________.
| A．have dinner with their friends | B．go shopping |
| C．watch a football game | D．enjoy themselves |
| A．About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years. |
| B．Children have to finish middle school in one place. |
| C．People go to the nearest college. |
| D．When people begin to work, they don’t move any more. |
| A．looking for a job | B．having a job |
| C．changing jobs often | D．losing a job |
| A．is very popular |
| B．helps young people go to college |
| C．helps workers in traveling |
| D．helps students begin to work |
| A．does good only to the workers | B．does good only to the boss |
| C．must be stopped | D．is helpful |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】A
【小题5】D
解析试题分析：美国人一般喜欢外出旅行，很少有一直待在同一个地方的时候 。在一个城市出生，到另一个或几个城市上学，再去别的城市甚至国外工作……这就叫做“跳槽”。
【小题1】细节理解题。由第一段第一句话“Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. ”可知，许多美国人喜欢从一个地方到另一个地方换来换去，就是为了自己玩好 。故选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。由第一段第三句话“In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years.”可知在一些州，只有五分之一也就是20%的人在一个地方生活超过五年。故选A。
【小题3】词义猜测题。由第一段最后一句话“Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping（从一个工作转移到另一个工作，这种行为被称为"跳槽）”,”可知“job-hopping”是不停地换工作 。 故选C。
【小题4】细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话“job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.（在美国很多地方可以看到跳槽）”可知跳槽在美国很常见 。 故选A。
【小题5】细节理解题。由文章最后一段可知，作者认为跳槽对老板和求职者都有好处是“有帮助的”。 故选D。
考点：社会类短文阅读。
On March 31, 2013, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health of Hong Kong and the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission notified(通知) the World Health Organization of three confirmed human cases of influenza A (H7N9) in Shanghai and Anhui. On April 2, the CHP confirmed four more cases in Jiangsu province.
The first reported death associated(与……有联系) with H7N9 was an 87-year-old man who died on March 4. A second man, Wu Liangliang, aged 27, died on March 10. On April 3, Chinese government reported another death, bringing the number to three. On April 4, the number of reported cases was 14, with 5 deaths. On April 6, 2013, the Chinese Ministry of Health reported 18 positive cases, death toll still at 6. Two days later, positive cases rose to 24 and one death case from Shanghai brought the death toll to 7.
The World Health Organization reiterated(重申) there was still no evidence of human-to-human transmission(传播) of the new strain of H7N9 bird flu.
【小题1】The first person died of H7N9 on ______________.
| A．March 4 | B．March 10 | C．March 31 | D．April 2 |
| A．50 | B．100 | C．120 | D．130 |
| A．We have known the H7N9 bird flu could be transmitted between people. |
| B．On April 8, 2013, the positive cases rose up to twenty-five. |
| C．In the report, there were 24 positive cases and 7 people died in all. |
| D．The transmission only happened in Shanghai. |
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
【小题1】According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.
| A．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed |
| B．a soldier who has not had any experience in war |
| C．a person who is new in a job |
| D．a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country |
| A．未完成的 | B．成熟的 | C．青涩的 | D．老练的 |
| A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. |
| B．The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago. |
| C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. |
| D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. |
| A．all growing plants is green |
| B．green is the most important color in nature |
| C．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well |
| D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years |
| A．a greenhorn | B．a green thumb |
| C．the Green Revolution | D．the word “green” and its story |
A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
【小题1】Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.
| A．Crows eat old bad food. |
| B．Old bad food is crows’ nests. |
| C．Crows make their nests on old bad food. |
| D．Crows sleep on old bad food. |
| A．are clean birds |
| B．can move away waste food |
| C．can make our streets clean |
| D．aren’t dirty |
| A．in the evening | B．all day | C．in the morning | D．at night |
| A．together | B．by turns | C．noisily | D．quietly |
| A．they will not live together. |
| B．neither of them can live alone happily. |
| C．they will die |
| D．one of them will die |
Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
【小题1】 How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Texting is a good way of communication. |
| B．6,000 people were killed and injured. |
| C．Texters are easier to have an accident. |
| D．Many people text to greet families and friends. |
| A．not telling | B．not allowing | C．enjoying | D．making |
| A．we should do less texting |
| B．texting has many advantages |
| C．texting is better than phone calling |
| D．we should do texting properly |
Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
【小题1】Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?
| A．To compare these two famous persons. |
| B．To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is. |
| C．If you want to be successful, you should fail first. |
| D．To show that failure is the mother of success. |
| A．No one can be successful without working hard. |
| B．Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way. |
| C．Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help. |
| D．One should try his best to make his dream come true. |
| A．One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength. |
| B．One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty. |
| C．One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times. |
| D．One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness. |
An atlas is a book of maps. Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of a country or the world. They are prepared for desk use or travel use.
Desk atlases are made for different groups of people with different needs. For example, students may use desk atlases to help learn geography, and other people may use desk atlases to study a place. A popular type of the latest atlas shows the recent fact of the world. New atlases are often carefully produced to help people learn about the changes, such as the name changes, boundary(边界) changes and other important new information. A desk atlas can also have some different maps of the same place. For example, an atlas may include maps showing population and important products of a place.
Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features(特点). So it is not surprising to find universities, airports, forests, rivers, roads as well as cities, towns and villages in them. A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want to start a trip in a strange place. It often has a map of a whole country, and a map with more special information of each important place in the country. Take the atlas of the United States as an example, it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states.
A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural places. In the US, the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone Park and some others to show the beauty of nature and interesting places to tourists.
【小题1】An atlas is according to the passage.
| A．a guide book | B．a history book |
| C．a collection of pictures | D．a collection of maps |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Many |
| A．they can’t see the old ones clearly | B．they like to buy different ones |
| C．something has changed | D．something is missing |
| A．the population of Shanxi | B．the local products of Shanxi |
| C．the Yellow Stone National Park | D．Xi’an Jiaotong University |