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【题目】阅读理解The World's Coolest Places
There's nothing wrong with a relaxing week at the beach. But travel can also be an education, a step toward empathy(共鸣) and international understanding, so for those longing to escape the crowds this summer, encounter new worlds and return with a tale, here're a few little-known travel destinations I recommend.

⒈Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
This coral island in the Pacific Ocean, site of nuclear weapons tests decades ago, is now brilliantly beautiful and the deserted white-sand beaches are lined with coconut palms and scattered with seashells. The island is a reminder of the redemptive(救赎的) power of time and nature.

⒉Potosi, Bolivia.
No city in Latin America is more beautiful than Potosi, Bolivia, where Europeans discovered a huge silver mountain centuries ago. Tourists can descend(下降) the silver mines to experience extremely hot and dusty tunnels, talk to the miners, get a glimpse of life image for Bolivians there and have new empathy for the miners.

⒊Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Maybe our family start at Victoria Falls, which wets you with spray, making Niagara Falls a backyard stream. Then we rent a car and make our way to Hwange National Park, empty of people but crowded with various animals. Zimbabwe has fewer tourists than South Africa, and there's less crime as well.

⒋Amritsar, India.
The Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine(神殿), is a delightful place to contemplate the draw of faith. A four-century-old temple set in a lake attracts Sikhs(锡克教徒) worldwide. Walking the circuit of the lake, with your head covered, and putting up in temple buildings can be a full experience.


(1)If you want to experience the hardship of the miners, you should choose to visit.
A.Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
B.Potosi, Bolivia
C.Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
D.Amritsar, India
(2)Bikini Atoll is different from other attractions recommended by the author in that.
A.it is famous for its natural scenery
B.it is in the Pacific Ocean
C.it is well-known for its silver mines
D.it is related to religion
(3)Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A.Victoria Falls are in Hwange National Park
B.The Golden Temple is a holy place for Sikhs
C.Tourists can have new empathy for silver miners in Potosi
D.Tourists can enjoy themselves on white-sand beaches in Bikini Atoll

【答案】
(1)B
(2)B
(3)A
【解析】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了世界上四个最酷的地方。
(1)考查细节理解。根据2.Potosi, Bolivia部分中的”Tourists can descend(下降) the silver mines to experience extremely hot and dusty tunnels, talk to the miners, get a glimpse of life image for Bolivians there and have new empathy for the miners.“可知如果你想体验矿工的艰苦生活,你可以拜访Potosi, Bolivia。故选B。
(2)考查细节理解。根据1.Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.部分中的”This coral island in the Pacific Ocean, site of nuclear weapons tests decades ago, is now brilliantly beautiful and the deserted white-sand beaches are lined with coconut palms and scattered with seashells.“可知Bikini Atoll不同于其他景点在于它在太平洋里。故选B。
(3)考查推理判断。根据3.Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.部分中的”Maybe our family start at Victoria Falls, which wets you with spray, making Niagara Falls a backyard stream. Then we rent a car and make our way to Hwange National Park,“由此可知Victoria Falls不在Hwange National Park,所以A是错误的。

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F . Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, w as once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary :“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
(1)How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?
A.5
B.6
C.7
D.8
(2)Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A.f-c-e-a-b-d
B.b-e-a-f-c-d
C.f-d-e-c-b-a
D.b-f-c-d-e-a
(3)We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .
A.had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B.was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C.would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down
D.helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
(4)The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about .
A.Zelda's personal life
B.Zelda's illness and treatment
C.Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham
D.Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world

【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Injuries and deaths caused by driving after drinking are preventable. Sadly, actions by the police can only catch a small number of drunk drivers on the roads. It is up to each person to make the decisions. 【1】 So we should help guide our friends and persuade them to avoid driving after drinking. Here are some tips.

Start talking to the person early. With every drink, judgment becomes increasingly uncontrolled. 2 So as soon as your friend starts drinking, you should try to persuade him to make a plan to get home safely. Remember, after he gets drunk, he may not listen to you.

Help the person realize he is drunk. Talk to him and show him that he is increasingly clumsy. 3 For example, ask who you can call to pick him up, or what public transport he would like to use. If he knows he is drunk, he may follow your advice.

Make last efforts. If all else fails and a drunk person wants to drive home, threaten to call the police or take his keys. 4 When he is not concentrated, take his keys. This may make it easier to convince him to take a cab home. Remember, don’t give him the keys even if he’s angry.

5 If you once drove home after you got drunk, your friend may not listen to you. So in order to succeed in persuading your friend to avoid driving after drinking, you should behave yourself first.

A. Ask him where his keys are.

B. Set a good role model.

C. Give him an alternative way to get home.

D. But it isn’t easy to make the right decisions.

E. Make him realize drinking makes him look like a fool.

F. The police will come to help you out once you call them.

G. It means the more one drinks, the less likely that he will listen to you.

【题目】阅读理解
City Life in Thailand is much like city life in the United States. People live in tall buildings or in houses close together. But outside the cities, life is different. People usually live on farms far apart from one another. They grow their own food or buy fresh food almost every day at the market. But the market is not in a building. It is a floating market located on a river.
Lamai and her family live on a farm. They grow fruits and vegetables and sell them at the market each day. Long before the sun comes up, Lamai and her brother help their parents. They pick out fruits and vegetables and clean them. Then they load everything into a long boat.
Their boat is ready by about 6:00 a.m. Lamai and her mother row to the closest floating market. On the way the water is still and peaceful. Lamai sees the bright sun beginning to shine.
Soon Lamai hears laughing and yelling in the distance. Her mother rows the boat around a corner. Suddenly they are at the floating market. Hundreds of boats are gathered at a wide place in the river. Lamai's mother is selling bananas and ripe tomatoes today. For Lamai a trip to the market is more than just a chance to sell or buy something. It is a chance for her to talk to her friends.
Today Lamai sees her friend Suki. He is helping his mother prepare meals in their boat. Lamai loves the smell of the fried bananas Suki's mother is making. Lamai's mother rows over to buy a late breakfast. As Lamai eats, she and Suki talk about their summer plans.
At around 11:00 a.m. people begin to go home. She is sleepy from waking up so early. Her mother has sold most of what they brought to the market. The will leave the market with less food in their boat but with more money for Lamai's family.
(1)What is the text mainly about?
A.The life of farmers in Thailand
B.A day at the floating market.
C.City life and country life in Thailand
D.Doing business in Thailand.
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A.Cleaning the fruit.
B.Preparing meals
C.Talking with friends
D.Making fried bananas.
(3)Which of the following best describes Lamai's feeling when they are going home?
A.Disappointed.
B.Tired.
C.Impatient.
D.Happy.
(4)What can we infer from the passage?
A.Farmers in Thailand live an easy life.
B.Floating markets are not intended for farmers only.
C.Children don't like to attend floating markets.
D.Farmers depend much on floating markets.

【题目】Did you know the meaning of a word may change over time? Many English words we know now had different meanings a long time ago. One example is the word nice.

Around the year 1300, nice was first used in English to mean “stupid”. Two hundred years later, nice began to carry a “better” meaning. If people said a book was written nicely, they meant the book was written “clearly” or “carefully”, not “stupidly”. After 1800, nice began to take its meaning like kind or “friendly”. Since then, people have thought of nice as a word with good meanings.

A good change of a word’s meaning like this example of nice is called AMELIORATION. Though we don’t use nice to mean “stupid” any more, it is fun to know how much a word’s meaning can change from its start!

For more examples of AMELIORATION,see next page.

11300 years ago, a “nice person” was believed to be .

A. careful B. friendly

C. stupid D. clever

2What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A. What nice used to mean.

B. Why the meaning of nice changed.

C. How long nice has been used.

D. How the meaning of nice changed over time.

3AMELIORATION means a word’s meaning .

A. can change from its start

B. changes from bad to good

C. changes from good to bad

D. remains the same over a long time

4Which of the following is most likely to appear on the next page?

A. The word terrific used to mean ‘"terrible”, but now it means “excellent”.

B. The word silly used to mean “happy”, but now it means “stupid”.

C. You may wonder why a word’s meaning changes over time.

D. Besides AMELIORATION, a word’s meaning may change in other ways.

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