题目内容
“San Francisco, open your Golden Gate,” sang the girl in the theatre.She never finished her
song.The date was 18th, 1906.
The earth shook and the roof suddenly divided, buildings crashed to the ground and people
rushed out into the streets.The dreadful earthquake destroyed the city that had grown up when men discovered gold in the deserts of California.But today the streets of San-Francisco stretch over more than 40 steep hills, rising like huge cliffs above the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The best way to see this splendid city, where Spanish were the first to make their homes, is to
take one of the old cable cars which run along the nine main avenues.Fares are cheap; they have not risen for almost a hundred years.
You leave the palm trees in Union Square------the heart of San-Francisco and from the shop
signs and the faces around you, you will notice that in the city live people from many nations—Austrians, Italians, Chinese, and others, giving every part of the city a special character.More Chinese live in China Town than in any other part of the world outside China.Here, with Chinese restaurants, Chinese post-boxes, and even odd telephone-boxes that look like pagoda(宝塔), it is easy to feel you are in China itself.
Fisherman’s Wharf, a place all foreigners want to see, is the end of the ride.You get out, and
then set out to find a table in one of gay little restaurants beside the harbor.As you enjoy the fresh Pacific sea food, you can admire the bright red paint of the Golden Gate Bridge in the harbor and watch the traffic crossing beneath the tall towers on its way to the pretty village of Tiberon.When you finish your meal, you may decide to take a boat-trip around the bay to look at the sights.You can stare at the famous, now empty, prison of Alcatraz.Then why not go to the fishing village of Sansalito—a little like London’s Chelsea or New York’s Greenwich Village—to see people painting and to look at their pictures.You will be able to enjoy a view of the city from the sea and take pleasure in the soft red and blue Spanish-type houses shining in the bright Pacific light.If you have time you might like to go by bus to Carmel, a hundred miles south of San-Francisco, where you will discover a wild and wonderful coast with high cliffs.
1.The first two paragraphs tell the readers that_____.
A.everybody will be attracted by the beauty of San-Francisco.
B.this fantastic modern travel city was built by many hard-working people.
C.San-Francisco has experienced so much before it became a modern international city.
D.There are so many entertainments in attractive San-Francisco
2.How many means of transportation are suggested in the passage?
A.One B.Two C.Three D.Four
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The origin city of San-Francisco is created by Spanish people.
B.More Chinese live in San-Francisco than in any other part of the world outside China.
C.Alcatraz used to be a prison but now is deserted.
D.San-Francisco lies near the blue waters of the Pacific.
4.Which is the right order of the travel route given in the passage?
A.Union Square—Fisherman’s Wharf—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon—prison of
Alcatraz—Sanalito.
B.Union Square—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon--prison of Alcatraz—Sanalito—
Fisherman’s Wharf.
C.Union Square—Fisherman’s Wharf—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon--Chelsea—
Greenwich Village.
D.Union Square—the Golden Gate Bridge—Tiberon—Chelsea—Greenwich Village—
Fisherman’s Wharf.
5.Which of the following can be the best title?
A.San-Francisco—a prosperous city after the earthquake.
B.San-Francisco—a charming travel city of America.
C.San-Francisco—a city to open her Golden Gate.
D.San-Francisco—a harbor stretching over steep hills.
1.C
2.C
3.B
4.A
5.B
Your name made you do it, though unconsciously, suggests new research that finds your name can negatively make you achieve less. Psychologists at Yale and the University of California, San Diego studying the unconscious influence of names say a preference for our own names and initials — the “name-letter effect” — can have some negative consequences.
Students whose names begin with C or D get lower grades than those whose names begin with A or B; major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out.
Assistant professors Leif Nelson of UCSD and Joseph Simmons of Yale have conducted five studies over five years using information from thousands of individuals.
“The conscious process is baseball players want to get a hit and students want to get A's,” Nelson says. “So if you get a change in performance consistent with the name-letter effect, it clearly shows there must be some unconscious desire operating in the other direction.”
The researchers' work supports a series of studies published since 2002 that have found the “name-letter effect” causes people to make life choices based on names that resemble their own. Those studies by Brett Pelham, an associate professor at SUNY University, have found that people are disproportionately(不定比例地)likely to live in states or cities resembling their names, have careers that resemble their names and even marry those whose surnames begin with the same letter as their own.
The twist, Pelham says, is that he has believed the name-letter effect would apply only to positive outcomes. Nelson and Simmons, he says, are “showing it applies more so to negative things than positive things.”
The researchers say the effect is definitely more than coincidence but is small nevertheless. “I know plenty of Chrises and Davids who have done very well in school,” Simmons says.
1.The new research is mainly about the relationship between one’s ______.
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A.name and unconsciousness |
B.name and characteristics |
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C.name and success |
D.sports and school achievements |
2.Who may serve as an example to show the “name-letter effect”?
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A.Miss Smith working as a lawyer. |
B.Charles Brown married to Sue Rogers. |
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C.Mr. Watt living in Washington |
D.Paula Snow fond of the color white. |
3.Which can be used to explain the underlined word “twist” in the last but one paragraph?
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A.Difference. |
B.Conclusion. |
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C.Funny side. |
D.Shared part. |
4.The last paragraph mainly tells us that the “name-letter effect” ______.
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A.isn’t believed in by many people |
B.doesn’t work with certain names |
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C.may not really exist |
D.is often too small to show |