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From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine. We may not depend so much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers (制造商) and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.
An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
Wildcat also has been used as a name for money. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat bank note.
The banks which offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
Wildcat then was used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.
【小题1】What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Wildcats and their stories. B.Wildcats and their characters.
C.Varieties of animal species.D.Relationship between animals and humans.
【小题2】From the passage we can know that ______.
A.wildcats represent the state of Michigan.
B.the use of wildcats was not always the same
C.wildcats are the best friend of human beings
D.honest developers never buy wildcat oil wells
【小题3】The underlined words “a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat”in Paragraph 1 may refer to ______.
A.gasoline companiesB.automobile manufacturers
C.names of wildcatsD.brands of automobile
【小题4】It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money ______.
A.people couldn’t buy anything with the money
B.people didn’t know how to save money
C.the rich invested too much on oil wells
D.people complained and suffered a lot


【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D

解析试题分析:本文主要讲了野猫以及它们的故事。
【小题1】根据全文内容以及When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce,故选A。
【小题2】根据An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.故选B。
【小题3】根据Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers (制造商) and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats.可知答案为C。
【小题4】根据So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat bank note.可知答案为D。
考点:历史文化类短文阅读理解
点评:本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

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BUDGET FOR A BRITISH SCHOOL’S VISIT TO XX SCHOOL IN BEIJING

Ⅰ. TEACHER COSTS

Details (e.g. Mode of transport, hotel/hostel)

Cost per person

Total

Travel

Per person×4

UK flight to Beijing(via Hong Kong)??887

??3,548

Local travel

??15

??60

Accommodation(住宿)

??640

??2,560

Sub-total

??6,168(School will cover the cost of one teacher, so will ask the Department of Education for ??4,626

Ⅱ. PROJECT COSTS

Description and cost per item

Total高☆考♂资♀源?网    ☆

Materials

Teaching materials ??250

??250

Communication

Telephone calls

??75

Cost of the staff

??180(per person per day)×4×8 days

??5,760(School will cove the cost of one teacher; so will ask the Department of Education for ??4,320)

Sub-total:??6,085

Grand total(Ⅰ+Ⅱ)

??12,253

The British school is making a budget for           .

   A. buying some teaching materials from Beijing

   B. hosting Chinese students from Beijing

   C. planning a visit for teachers to Beijing

   D. communicating with Beijing teachers

According to the tables, how many English teachers will visit Beijing?w(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   A. 3                   B. 4                       C. 5                         D. 6

Which of the following is TRUE according to the table above?

   A. The British school will travel by air directly to Beijing.

   B. The British teachers will pay for their own accommodation in China.

   C. The British school’s visit to Beijing will cost ??6,085 in total.

   D. The British school needn’t bear the cost of the trip all by itself.

Where can we probably read such a table?

   A. In a newspaper.                 B. In an application(申请) letter.

   C. In a magazine.                   D. In a story book.

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. One of them crawled into the house while the other waited outside.

There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house. “look! In comes one.” She said to the man in the house. Te thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us two try to crawl into the house together.” At that time, two mice happened to crawl into the house too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two. Catch them!” the two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in he house said, “You saw them come in but where are they?” I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started to run away at once.

The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for one. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait of her any longer and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “ I asked you to fetch a rope. Why don’t you hurry for it?” the two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes

The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because ________.

A. they were found out

B. they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

C. they didn’t work together well with each other

D. mice stopped them from doing so

From the last paragraph we know that __________.

the two thieves were farmer selling potatoes.

The woman recognized the two thieves

The woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and mad fun of them

The two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all

When the woman said “How thy look like the two of last night”___________.

A. she referred to the two thieves          B. she meant nothing    

C. she said it on purpose                 D. she referred to the two mice

“__________” is the title for this passage.

A. Two Clever Thieves               B. Terrible Mice

C. Hit the Mark by a Fluke          D. A Clever Couple

Which of the following statements is false?

The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes.

Whenever thy found mice, the people in the house would try to catch them.

The two thieves ran away at once because they thought the woman had seen them.

The man let the woman go home for a rope, which would be used for catching the thieves.

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