阅读下列短文, 从所的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。     

    Though Brazil (巴西) is one of the richest countries in the world,   much of it hasn't been developed. It was mainly for this reason that   the Brazilian government decided to have a new city built 600 miles   northwest of Kio de Janciro. Designed by the great architect (建筑师)   Lucio Costa, the new city, Brasilia, replaced Kio de Janciro as the   capital of Brazil in 1960. Brasilia has been carefully planned for   modern living. Its wide roads, which can take fourteen ways of   traffic, have kept away from living areas. Children do not have to   cross busy streets to go to school. Housewives can visit shopping   centres on foot, for in these specially designed living areas, cars   are unnecessary. At first, the government had great difficulty in   persuading people to leave Kio and to settle down in Brasilia. Since   1960, however, the population has been growing all the time. Brasilia   has made itself the capital of the country. The idea to have the   capital moved so far inland will have a great effect on the future of   Brazil.

(1) The new capital is __________ the sea.

[    ]

A. far from     B. by      C. over      D. on     

(2) A new capital was built because ___________.

[    ]

A. Brasilia is inland        

B. Brazil is one of the richest countries in the world        

C. the development of Brazil had to be sped up        

D. Kio de Janciro was destroyed     

(3)  People find it comfortable to live in Brasilia for __________.

[    ]

A. it is designed for modern living        

B. it is a new city        

C. there are wide roads        

D. children can go to school without crossing streets     

(4) From the passage we can conclude that __________.

[    ]

A. there are no cars in Brasilia        

B. children needn't go to school       

C. at first, people didn't like to leave Kio        

D. shopping can be done on foot     

(5)  Brasilia is the capital ___________.

[    ]

A. in 1960            B. near Kio de Janciro        

C. built by Lucio Costa     D. with a history of about 36 years

完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

  “Now,”Mrs Virginia DeView said, smiling,“we are going to discover our professions.”The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 1 .“Yes, you will all be searching for your future 2 . Each of you will have to 3 . Someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

  Each day in her class, Virginia De View reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This 4 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 5 able to speak. He looked at me and said,“Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

  I shook my head.

  “How about some 6 ?”

  I shook my head again.

  Finally, I thought he realized I was 7 , and I got my first big tip as a 8 .“Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you'll run into.”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from 9 in class. I got an A on the entire project.

  Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 10 Virginina DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't 11 me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 12 all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. 13 gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 14 .

  For the past 12 years, I've had the most satisfying reporting career, 15 stories from murders to airplanes crashes and 16 choosing my strongest area. 17 I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been 18 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

  I get 19 all the time:“How did you pick journalism?”

  “Well, you see, there was this teacher…”I always start out. I just wish I could 20 her.

1.

[  ]

A.good      B.mad

C.careless     D.curious

2.

[  ]

A.university      B.family

C.professions      D.life

3.

[  ]

A.interview      B.find out

C.admire       D.learn from

4.

[  ]

A.expressed      B.ordered

C.expected      D.meant

5.

[  ]

A.hardly      B.nearly

C.naturally     D.eagerly

6.

[  ]

A.drink      B.newspaper

C.preparations   D.paper

7.

[  ]

A.satisfied      B.comfortable

C.terrified      D.sorry

8.

[  ]

A.student      B.journalist

C.teacher      D.writer

9.

[  ]

A.research      B.books

C.imagination     D.memory

10.

[  ]

A.called      B.recognized

C.remembered    D.visited

11.

[  ]

A.answer      B.promise

C.stop       D.persuade

12.

[  ]

A.how      B.whether

C.why      D.when

13.

[  ]

A.It        B.Virginia DeView

C.My parents    D.My oral report

14.

[  ]

A.breaking in      B.getting down

C.falling off      D.going on

15.

[  ]

A.making up      B.listening to

C.covering      D.writing

16.

[  ]

A.of course      B.finally

C.doubtfully      D.above all

17.

[  ]

A.When      B.As long as

C.Once      D.On condition that

18.

[  ]

A.for      B.with

C.of      D.to

19.

[  ]

A.hurt        B.excited

C.disappointed     D.asked

20.

[  ]

A.respect      B.support

C.thank      D.favor

阅读理解

  The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain.

  A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli.They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel(板)while the team put a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin.The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense(剧烈的)while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings or the blank panel.Electrodes(电极)measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.

  While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.

  The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

  "Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist."Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not.But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse.I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."

  Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus.Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero."These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.

(1)

The underlined word “alleviate” in the fifth paragraph probably means “________”.

[  ]

A.

cure

B.

relieve

C.

improve

D.

kill

(2)

Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof Marina de Tommaso?

[  ]

A.

Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely.

B.

Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.

C.

Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.

D.

Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.

(3)

From the last paragraph, we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

some artists' paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces

B.

only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly

C.

the artists mentioned above were not really art masters.

D.

some of them were art masters, while others were not.

(4)

Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?

[  ]

A.

Beautiful surroundings can ease pain.

B.

Ugly paintings could be masterpieces.

C.

More research should be done in the field.

D.

Latest environmental research.

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

What is the tallest gift received by the United States? Located in New York Harbor, the 152-foot Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States.An inspiration to millions of immigrants, this statue is a universal symbol of freedom, democracy (民主) and diplomacy (外交) .

The relationship between the United States and France began during America's quest for independence from Great Britain in 1776.Benjamin Franklin was among those who served on the diplomatic front during the Revolutionary War.By living in Paris as the American ambassador, Benjamin cultivated a relationship with the French government and the French people.As a result, French soldiers fought alongside the American colonists (拓殖者) .Paris was the site for peace negotiations between the United States and Great Britain at the end of the war.

In 1865, Edourd de Laboulaye of France developed the idea of creating a giant statue to honor the friendship and the commitment to liberty between France and the United States. He formed the French-American Union to raise money for this project.Joseph Pulitzer used the editorial pages of his newspaper to raise support in the United States for the fund.French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and structural engineer Gustave Eiffel finished the project in Paris, and the French people presented it to the people of America on July 4,1884.The statue was then shipped across the Atlantic in 214 boxes broken into 350 individual separate pieces. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated(奉献) on October 28,1886, and President Grover Cleveland accepted the statue on behalf of the American people.

    Ellis Island, which was the arrival point for European immigrants, is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.Between 1892 and 1924, more than 22 million passengers saw the Statue of Liberty as they passed through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.This landmark of freedom became a National Monument in 1924 and a major tourist attraction in the 20th Century.

56.From the passage, we can know the relationship between France and the USA from 1776 to 1865 is_____.

    A.very cold      B.just so-so C.quite close     D.quite tense

57.Why did Edourd de Laboulaye put forward the project of building the Statue of Liberty?

    A.To show respect to the USA.

    B.To show the strong image of France.

    C.To raise a lot of money.

    D.To show the friendship and the commitment to liberty between the two countries.

58.The underlined word "landmark" in the last paragraph means_____ .

    A.road        B.success   C.sign        D.wonder

59.The best title for this passage is_____.

    A.The Statue of Liberty                      B.A Great Project

    C.Great Relationship                        D.Peace Negotiations

Fire can __1__ many things. It is dangerous to everyone, but it is 2 useful. We cannot live without 3  .In other words, fire is both the 4 and enemy of us. This  5_ on whether we use it wisely or not.

To the people 6 live in the forest area, fire is particularly dangerous. It is 7 most of their houses are made of wood, which__8 catches fire. Especially in winter the air is __9_ and the wind is often 10 .If one of these houses is on fire, the wind will 11 the fire to the neighboring houses quickly, and the fire will soon 12 all over the area. If this happens 13 , it may not de too bad. 14 if it happens at night, the situati0n will be very bad, for most people are 15  ,and many of them cannot run away in time. If they can, they will just 16 all the things behind. Some people even do not know 17 is going on, and they 18 in their dreams.

We should do our best to 19__ the breakout of fire, which is mostly caused by people’s carelessness. Therefore, not only the people of the _20__  areas but everyone else should be very careful in using fire.

1. A. make   B. build   C. lose      D. destroy

2. A. also   B. too    C. lose     D. not

3. A. water   B. air    C. food     D. fire

4. A. help   B. friend  C. companion   D. neighbor

5.A. happens  B. lies    C. depends  D. decides

6.A. where   B. which   C. what    D. who

7. A. because  B. so    C. why     D. that

8. A. easily   B. hardly   C. carefully   D. friendly

9. A. thick   B. thin    C. wet     D. dry

10. A. cold   B. freezing  C. gentle    D. strong

11. A. make   B. let    C. blow    D. give

12. A. cross   B. pass    C. happen   D. spread

13. A. at right  B. on Sunday C. in the evening D. in the day time

14. A. But   B. When   C. So     D. Even

15. A. careless  B. sleeping  C. afraid    D. frightened

16. A. leave   B. take    C. bring    D. have

17. A. that   B. what    C. who     D. which

18. A. think   B. smile   C. die     D. live

19. A. help   B. prevent  C. develop   D. keep

20. A. city   B. developing C. factory   D. forest 

 

 

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