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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从以下各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

  If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again. 1 knows this, and nobody would think of 2 the fact.

  Yet there are many people who 3 to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that 4 has a good memory, he 5 means that he keeps his memory 6 practice by exercising it very 7 , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is 8 , he means that he does not give it enough 9 to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of 10 people, one of 11 exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other 12 in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own 13 . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, 14 of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just 15 , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, 16 all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means 17 .

  Have you ever 18 that people who cannot read or write usually have 19 memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.

  In a word, if you want to have a good memory, 20 practise remembering.

1.

[  ]

A.Somebody
B.Everybody
C.Nobody
D.Each one

2.

[  ]

A.proving
B.describing
C.questioning
D.indicating

3.

[  ]

A.want
B.need
C.have
D.seem

4.

[  ]

A.he
B.she
C.it
D.one

5.

[  ]

A.always
B.really
C.nearly
D.almost

6.

[  ]

A.with
B.in
C.to
D.by

7.

[  ]

A.soon
B.fast
C.quickly
D.often

8.

[  ]

A.bad
B.useless
C.poor
D.helpless

9.

[  ]

A.chance
B.time
C.space
D.places

10.

[  ]

A.three
B.four
C.two
D.five

11.

[  ]

A.them
B.whom
C.that
D.which

12.

[  ]

A.lies
B.stands
C.hides
D.sits

13.

[  ]

A.business
B.fault
C.story
D.interest

14.

[  ]

A.few
B.some
C.several
D.many

15.

[  ]

A.unhappy
B.unfortunate
C.unthinkable
D.miserable

16.

[  ]

A.because
B.since
C.for
D.but

17.

[  ]

A.study
B.work
C.play
D.rest

18.

[  ]

A.found
B.thought
C.noticed
D.realized

19.

[  ]

A.better
B.poorer
C.worse
D.stranger

20.

[  ]

A.remember
B.try
C.do
D.need

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。

  Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight.A recent research has found a new recipe of success.According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young(less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along swimmingly.Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

  However, it wasn't all sweetness and light.There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes.One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals were just opposite.For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission(恭维).

  In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior.They are learning how to talk each other's language.It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk 'dog’, and dogs can learn how to talk ‘cat’.

  What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence.They can learn to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we preciously suspected.Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together in the sofa.They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom(梳理)each other.

  The significance of this research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers.If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

(1)

The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

[  ]

A.

early

B.

sweetly

C.

quickly

D.

smoothly

(2)

Some cats and dogs may fight when ________.

[  ]

A.

they are cold to each other

B.

they look away from each other

C.

they misunderstand each other's signals

D.

they are introduced at an early age

(3)

It is suggested in paragraph 4 that cats and dogs ________.

[  ]

A.

have common interests

B.

are less different than we thought

C.

have a common body language

D.

are less intelligent than we expected

(4)

What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?

[  ]

A.

We should learn to live in harmony

B.

We should knows more about animals

C.

We should live in peace with animals

D.

We should learn more body languages

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some form---football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1.Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because ________.

  A. it has man-made rules

  B. it is too dangerous for climbers

  C. it can’t bring people joy and leisure              

  D. it is free for climbers to use their own methods

2.A mountain climber must be strong both mentally and physically because _______.

  A. there are no regular man-made rules for him to follow

  B. there is no teamwork and he has to depend on himself

  C. his component is not one or several people but nature

  D. mountaineering requires the skills practiced year after year

3. We know from the passage that _______.

  A. mountaineering has no appeal to people

  B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers

  C. it is possible for an old man in his fifties to climb the Alps

  D. a mountain climber would pass his best by the age of thirty

 

 

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