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     Technology today has stolen away our voices and robbed our children of memories.  I've been keeping count of how often people sing around the house these days. The fact is,they don't.
      My earliest memories are of my mother crooning lullabies(催眠曲) in a gentle low voice as she rocked each infant in tum.  She said she " didn't have a singing voice," but her low,wavering alto will always mean
comfort to me.  Every
time I have sat through the night with a feverish body or held a pre-schooler through a nightmare,the
melodies returned, words appearing and disappearing like fragments of a dream but held together by the
hum(低声吟唱)  of love.
     Today,young mothers are routinely presented with lullaby tapes at the baby shower. When baby cries,
the idea goes,they will be able to switch on the high-tech audio system and the little one will drift off with
the voices of strangers in his ears,perfectly on pitch.  If I had my way,new parents would learn the songs
themselves,throw out their stereos,and give their child the gift of their own sleepy voices through the
midnight hours.
      These days,when we go on a trip,my daughters take along tiny personal stereos and headphones.
They are lost in their private worlds,and I can't help wishing that at least here,in the car,my girls would be
forced to listen to their mother's voice raised in lost-the-words again,sure I'm out-of-tune songs that they
might then pass down to another generation.  Those sophisticated earphones have robbed them of
something I think every kid should carry from childhood car trips into adulthood.
      I drove away from that party humming,and all the way home the good old songs kept tumbling out.  
Dammit(该死) ,I thought,why did I ever stop singing in the car and start tuming on the radio instead?
Why don't I sign anymore while I'm doing the dishes? I'm going to yank those stereo wires right out of
the wall when I get home.  We're going to sing grace before meals,sing coals around the piano,sing in the
shower instead of switching on that waterproof radio that stole away our voices and our souls.
1. The author hates today's technology because____.         
A. driving a car requires high concentration
B. children are learning pop songs from tapes
C. children have lost touch with good old songs
D. high-tech systems do not record the voices of aged people
2. The underlined sentence "the little one will drift off" in Paragraph 3 means that___.   
A.  the play of the high-tech system is of little use
B. the high-tech system will play on and on
C. the low voice will delight the baby
D. the baby will slowly go to sleep
3. To the author,the voices of strangers ______.
A. are not familiar to the baby          
B. lack the motherly love the baby need
C. work better to stop the baby's cry              
D. surely sound more pleasant
4. What the author wishes to make her girls do is to ______   
A. help memorize the words while she is singing
B. take off their well-designed earphones
C. listen and learn the old songs from her
D. remember their childhood car trips
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  Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, USA, is in the central part of the state, on the Santa Fe River, which flows into the Rio Grands 35 kilometres west of the city.More than two thousand metres above sea level, it lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the Ortiz Mountains to the southeast.

  Santa Fe was founded in 1609 by the Spanish in an old Indian village.In 1680 the Indians seized the place but only held it for twelve years before the Spanish retook it.The city remained under Spanish rule until Mexico won its independence in 1821.From then on it was a Mexico city until 1846 when it was taken over by US troops.

  With a population of 48,953, Santa Fe is now the second largest city in the state.Because of its sunny weather, rich history and surrounding mountains, it is a good place for holiday makers.Besides hunting and skating in the mountains people enjoy shopping in the Indian and Spanish shops, which brings a large income to the city every year.In summer there is an international opera season when operas are shown in a partly-roofed, open-air theatre daily for people from all over the world.

(1)

At present Santa Te belongs to ________.

[  ]

A.

India

B.

Mexico

C.

Spain

D.

the United States

(2)

The people who held Santa Fe for the longest period in history were the ________.

[  ]

A.

Spanish

B.

Indians

C.

Mexicans

D.

Americans

(3)

What is of special interest to people who visit Santa Fe in summer?

[  ]

A.

Hunting

B.

Fishing

C.

Watching opera

D.

Doing shopping

(4)

Santa Fe is best described(描述)as a ________.

[  ]

A.

trade centre

B.

holiday centre

C.

home for all nations

D.

seaport city

(5)

One of the reasons for visitors to come to Santa Fe is that it ________.

[  ]

A.

has fine weather

B.

is the state capital

C.

has historical monuments

D.

is on the Santa Fe River

阅读理解 A

As you research music, you will find music that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells of interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.

   Music is an expression of people. As you research, you will find music of people at work and play. You will find music expressing love of the country, love of nature, and love of home.

   Music is also an expression of the composer(作曲家). The composer expresses his own musical ideas. He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.

   Music can suggest actions and feelings which we all share. We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places.

In the first paragraph, the author tells us to ________.

   A. be friendly to music              B. find entertainment in music

   C. express your feelings in music        D. discover the things and places in music

 From the second paragraph, we know that ________.

   A. if we love music, we will love the country, nature and home

 B. you may listen to music at work or at play

C. music sings of the country, nature and home

   D. music can express how people live, work and think

 The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible ________.

   A. that people of different time and places can get together

   B. to bring understanding between people of different times and places

   C. that people can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the

music at the same time

   D. that music can express actions and feelings at the same time

Which of the following statements is NOT true? Music expresses             .

A. people’s musical ideas         B. people’s love of te country

C.ehe composer’s feelings        D.the feelings of our own


第二部分:阅读理解(20小题, 每小题2分,满分40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
A New Zealand fishermen caught what may prove to be a world-record-breaking colossal squid(鱿鱼).
In the cold, dark waters of the Antarctic hides a creature with eight arms, two super long tentacles(触须) and eyes as big as dinner plates. Sound like something out of a science fiction movie? Think again.
On February 21, New Zealand fishermen landed a colossal squid the length of a school bus. They had been fishing with long lines for Chilean sea bass in the waters off the coast of New Zealand when they caught the rare squid. With two hours of hard work, the crew skillfully pulled the creature into a net and dragged in aboard their ship.
Scientists evaluate that the animal weighs about a half ton and is about 40 feet long. That would make this colossal squid the biggest on record.
First identified in 1925 after two tentacles were found in a whale’s stomach, the colossal squid has long been a mystery. The animals are not easy to observe because they can go down to ocean depths of 6,500 feet. What scientists do know from studying the bodies of a half dozen colossal squids is that they are fierce hunters.
The recently captured colossal squid has been frozen to keep it for scientific study. It will be transported to New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa, in the capital city of Wellington. Experts believe it to be the first adult male ever caught undamaged. Scientists hope to learn more about the colossal squid’s diet, behavior and reproductive(繁殖)patterns.
“Scientists will be very interested in this amazing creature, ”said New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderson. “It adds immeasurably to our understanding of the marine environment. ”
1. Why is it usually difficult for experts to observe the squid?
A. Because it moves too fast                       B. Because it is too large.
C. Because it is dangerous.                      D. Because it can go down to deep ocean.
2. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The squid is from a science fiction story 
B. The fishermen often meet colossal squids
C. Scientists know much about the colossal squid. 
D. The fishermen had some difficulty catching the large squid.
3. What’s the purpose of catching such a huge squid?
A. To make it into food  B. To set a world record 
C. To do research on it  D. To display it for visitors
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The biggest squid ever found                      B. Scientific research on squid
C. The lifestyle of the colossal squid         D. How the fishermen caught the squid

第二部分:阅读理解(20小题, 每小题2分,满分40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

A New Zealand fishermen caught what may prove to be a world-record-breaking colossal squid(鱿鱼).

In the cold, dark waters of the Antarctic hides a creature with eight arms, two super long tentacles(触须) and eyes as big as dinner plates. Sound like something out of a science fiction movie? Think again.

On February 21, New Zealand fishermen landed a colossal squid the length of a school bus. They had been fishing with long lines for Chilean sea bass in the waters off the coast of New Zealand when they caught the rare squid. With two hours of hard work, the crew skillfully pulled the creature into a net and dragged in aboard their ship.

Scientists evaluate that the animal weighs about a half ton and is about 40 feet long. That would make this colossal squid the biggest on record.

First identified in 1925 after two tentacles were found in a whale’s stomach, the colossal squid has long been a mystery. The animals are not easy to observe because they can go down to ocean depths of 6,500 feet. What scientists do know from studying the bodies of a half dozen colossal squids is that they are fierce hunters.

The recently captured colossal squid has been frozen to keep it for scientific study. It will be transported to New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa, in the capital city of Wellington. Experts believe it to be the first adult male ever caught undamaged. Scientists hope to learn more about the colossal squid’s diet, behavior and reproductive(繁殖)patterns.

“Scientists will be very interested in this amazing creature, ”said New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderson. “It adds immeasurably to our understanding of the marine environment. ”

1. Why is it usually difficult for experts to observe the squid?

A. Because it moves too fast                       B. Because it is too large.

C. Because it is dangerous.                      D. Because it can go down to deep ocean.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The squid is from a science fiction story 

B. The fishermen often meet colossal squids

C. Scientists know much about the colossal squid. 

D. The fishermen had some difficulty catching the large squid.

3. What’s the purpose of catching such a huge squid?

A. To make it into food  B. To set a world record 

C. To do research on it  D. To display it for visitors

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The biggest squid ever found                      B. Scientific research on squid

C. The lifestyle of the colossal squid         D. How the fishermen caught the squid

 

阅读理解 A

As you research music, you will find music that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells of interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.

   Music is an expression of people. As you research, you will find music of people at work and play. You will find music expressing love of the country, love of nature, and love of home.

   Music is also an expression of the composer(作曲家). The composer expresses his own musical ideas. He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.

   Music can suggest actions and feelings which we all share. We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places.

【小题1】

In the first paragraph, the author tells us to ________.

   A. be friendly to music              B. find entertainment in music

   C. express your feelings in music        D. discover the things and places in music

【小题1】

 From the second paragraph, we know that ________.

   A. if we love music, we will love the country, nature and home

 B. you may listen to music at work or at play

C. music sings of the country, nature and home

   D. music can express how people live, work and think

【小题1】

 The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible ________.

   A. that people of different time and places can get together

   B. to bring understanding between people of different times and places

   C. that people can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the

music at the same time

   D. that music can express actions and feelings at the same time

【小题1】Which of the following statements is NOT true? Music expresses             .

A. people’s musical ideas         B. people’s love of te country

C.ehe composer’s feelings        D.the feelings of our own

 

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