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　　Midas was a powerful king, both rich and greedy．Once he did a great favor for Bacchus, the god of wine．Bacchus offered Midas his choice of a reward．Midas answered at once．He asked that whatever he touched be turned into gold．Bacchus agreed, though he was sorry that Midas had not made a wiser choice．

　　Midas was eager to put his newly gained power to the test．He pulled a branch from a tree．The branch became gold in his hand．He picked up a stone, it turned to gold．He touched the grass, it, too, turned to gold．

　　Midas was overjoyed, returning home, he ordered his servants to prepare a magnificent meal．But when he picked up some bread, it turned to gold．He lifted a glass of wine to his lips．But before he could taste it, it turned to gold．

　　Midas wished to free himself of his power．He hated the gift he had so recently hoped for．He raised his arms and begged and prayed for Bacchus to take away his deadly gift．

　　Bacchus showed pity．“Go," he said, "to the River Pactolus．There dip yourself in．Wash away your greed and its punishment．"

　　Midas did so．Hardly had he touched the waters, before the gold making powers passed into them．The river sands changed into gold．And they remain golden to this day．

(1)

What is the moral in this story?

[　　]

A．

There is more to life than riches．

B．

Gold is more important than food．

C．

You can not trust your friends．

D．

You must make a wiser choice．

(2)

When everything he touched turned to gold, Midas felt ________．

[　　]

A．

happy and joyful

B．

sad and disappointed

C．

excited and angry

D．

powerful and satisfied

(3)

What was Midas' wish after he could have nothing to eat?

[　　]

A．

To have a big meal．

B．

To gain power to turn things to gold．

C．

To have his power taken away．

D．

To wash himself in the water．

(4)

The climax of the story is the moment when ________．

[　　]

A．

Midas did a favor for Bacchus

B．

Midas realized that he had made mistake

C．

Midas turned everything to gold

D．

Midas lost his power

(5)

Today when we say that a person has the "Midas Touch", we mean that ________．

[　　]

A．

the person is very poor

B．

gold is the most important thing to that person

C．

everything that the person does makes money

D．

the person has the power to do everything

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．C;5．B;
解析：

(2)

此典故指的是“一切为了钱”。

(4)

第二段第二行可以看出原因是画家总是通过形和色彩来表达自己的思想，而不是文字。


提示：

(3)

由第一段最后一句话可知。

(5)

第三段第四行可以看出。


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[　　]

A．it had been raining for six days

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[　　]

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[　　]

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[　　]

A．

Minnesota

B．

the Gulf of Mexico

C．

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D．

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[　　]

A．

lasted a week

B．

took place in May

C．

was held in China

D．

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[　　]

A．

China and the U．S．should work together to protect the environment

B．

the Mississippi is more important than the Yangtze to the world

C．

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D．

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[　　]

A．

A major river system in the United States．

B．

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C．

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D．

An international cultural exchange program．

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A．

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第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　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
　　Soon it may be harder to stop and smell the roses.
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　　The trend is unpleasant for human noses,but may be life - threatening for bees and butterflies.
　　"Many insects find flowers by folowing the scent(香味) produced by those flowers," said the studies lead author Jose D.Fuentes,an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia.
　　"The increasing pollution makes it difficult for them to locate the flowers and feed on their nectar(花蜜)."
　　Scientists have alrady known that flowers produce scent molecules(分子) that bond with pollutants.The process breaks down the plants' sweet smell.
　　With more pollution in the air,the scent molecules don't remain effective as long and travel shorter distances on the wind.
　　The new study suggests that in the mid - 19th century,when pollution levels were first recorded,scent molecules would have been able to travel some 1,000 to 1,200 meters.
　　Today,in the polluted air found downwind of large cities,scentst may only make it some 200 to 300 meters.
　　The report was recently published in the journal,Atmospheric Environment.
　　Bee farmers have reported that bee populations are dropping dramatically in many parts of the world in recent years. Could these missing scents be a factor?
　　Scientists trying to hind the cause of bee population declines have blamed bacteria,pesticides,and even cellphone radiation.
　　Jay Evans,an entomologist(昆虫学者) at the US Department of Agriculture's bee research laboratory,was interested in the new study.But he says he hasn't seen bee behavior that suggests trouble with scents.
　　"Over the last couple of summers I don't think the bees in this area were bringing in much less food,"he said.
　　"It might be that they had to work harder,but it seems like as long as there were bees to collect food they were finding flowers somewhere."
　　But Fuentes fears that the fading smell of flowers may stress insects that are already faced with other threats.
　　"The effects shown in these studies will simply exacerbate whatever the bees are going through right now,"he said.
　　"It's something that is really worthwhile paying attention to."
　　56.What's the passage mainly about?
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　　　B.Effects of air pollution on bee populations.
　　　C.Measures to fight air pollution.
　　　D.The rapid decline of bee populations in the world.
　　57.According to the passage,Jay Evans probably agrees that ______ .
　　　A.bees are the insect that suffers most from air pollution
　　　B.bees are at risk of dying out owing to air pollution
　　　C.the fading smell of flowers doesn't affect bees so greatly as was thought
　　　D.as is often the case,bees fail to locate the flowers because of the missing scents
　　58.The word"exacerbate" in the last paragraph but one probably means ______.
　　　A.worsen B.improve C.get rid of D.decrease
　　59.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
　　　A.The more air pollution there is in a region,the greater the destruction of the flower scents.
　　　B.Bacteria,pesticides,and cellphone radiation are blamed for causing the decline of bees.
　　　C.The scent molecules produced by flowers in a less polluted environment oculd travel longer and farther.
　　　D.Air pollution does more harm to insects such as bees and butterflies than human beings.

第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　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

　　Soon it may be harder to stop and smell the roses.

　　Growing levels of air pollution from power plants and automobiles have reduced flower fragrances (芬芳) by up to 90 percent in the US.That is compared with pre-industrial levels,a new study has found.

　　The trend is unpleasant for human noses,but may be life - threatening for bees and butterflies.

　　"Many insects find flowers by folowing the scent(香味) produced by those flowers," said the studies lead author Jose D.Fuentes,an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia.

　　"The increasing pollution makes it difficult for them to locate the flowers and feed on their nectar(花蜜)."

　　Scientists have alrady known that flowers produce scent molecules(分子) that bond with pollutants.The process breaks down the plants' sweet smell.

　　With more pollution in the air,the scent molecules don't remain effective as long and travel shorter distances on the wind.

　　The new study suggests that in the mid - 19th century,when pollution levels were first recorded,scent molecules would have been able to travel some 1,000 to 1,200 meters.

　　Today,in the polluted air found downwind of large cities,scentst may only make it some 200 to 300 meters.

　　The report was recently published in the journal,Atmospheric Environment.

　　Bee farmers have reported that bee populations are dropping dramatically in many parts of the world in recent years. Could these missing scents be a factor?

　　Scientists trying to hind the cause of bee population declines have blamed bacteria,pesticides,and even cellphone radiation.

　　Jay Evans,an entomologist(昆虫学者) at the US Department of Agriculture's bee research laboratory,was interested in the new study.But he says he hasn't seen bee behavior that suggests trouble with scents.

　　"Over the last couple of summers I don't think the bees in this area were bringing in much less food,"he said.

　　"It might be that they had to work harder,but it seems like as long as there were bees to collect food they were finding flowers somewhere."

　　But Fuentes fears that the fading smell of flowers may stress insects that are already faced with other threats.

　　"The effects shown in these studies will simply exacerbate whatever the bees are going through right now,"he said.

　　"It's something that is really worthwhile paying attention to."

　　56.What's the passage mainly about?

　　　A.How greatly air plooution affects our lives.

　　　B.Effects of air pollution on bee populations.

　　　C.Measures to fight air pollution.

　　　D.The rapid decline of bee populations in the world.

　　57.According to the passage,Jay Evans probably agrees that ______ .

　　　A.bees are the insect that suffers most from air pollution

　　　B.bees are at risk of dying out owing to air pollution

　　　C.the fading smell of flowers doesn't affect bees so greatly as was thought

　　　D.as is often the case,bees fail to locate the flowers because of the missing scents

　　58.The word"exacerbate" in the last paragraph but one probably means ______.

　　　A.worsen B.improve C.get rid of D.decrease

　　59.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　　A.The more air pollution there is in a region,the greater the destruction of the flower scents.

　　　B.Bacteria,pesticides,and cellphone radiation are blamed for causing the decline of bees.

　　　C.The scent molecules produced by flowers in a less polluted environment oculd travel longer and farther.

　　　D.Air pollution does more harm to insects such as bees and butterflies than human beings.

 

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