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　　Fame troubled Marie Curie and also her husband, because science was their world and in their world of science fame and honor had no value．

　　One day, when a writer for a newspaper tried to ask Marie about herself and her thoughts and her belief, she answered him, “In science we must be interested in things, not in persons．” Much of the real character and spirit of this unusual woman is found in these few words, which she was later often to repeat．One evening, at a big party, a friend asked if she would like to see the king of Greece, who was also a guest．She answered in her simple manner, “I don’t see the value of it．” Then, seeing that she had hurt the feeling of her friend, she quickly added, “But…but…of course, I shall do whatever you please, just as you please．”

(1)

The valuable thing to Marie Curie was ________．

[　　]

A．

science and research

B．

fame and honor

C．

character and spirit

D．

persons and things

(2)

Marie Curie’s friend was interested in ________．

[　　]

A．

things

B．

Marie Curie

C．

Marie’s husband

D．

Marie Curie and the king of Greece

(3)

The reason why Marie Curie’s friend suggested she meet the king of Greece was that ________．

[　　]

A．

her friend came from Greece

B．

her friend enjoyed meeting great persons

C．

her friend was an official

D．

her friend knew the king of Greece well

(4)

According to Marie’s character and spirit we should ________．

[　　]

A．

try hard to get fame and honor

B．

sing high praise for officials

C．

always attend parties and meetings

D．

fix our attention upon our work and study

答案：1．A;2．D;3．B;4．D;
解析：

(1)

细节题。根据第一段我们知道作为一个科学家，科学和研究在居里夫人心中的位置非常重要。

(2)

判断题。居里夫人和希腊的国王都是名人，居里夫人的朋友想让他们见一下，说明她的朋友对名人感兴趣。

(3)

判断题。居里夫人的朋友想让居里夫人在宴会上见一下希腊的国王，其目的就是想以此来炫耀自己。

(4)

判断题。通读整篇文章，我们知道居里夫人注重的是科学研究而不是名誉和地位。我们应该关注的是工作和学习。


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　　Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said,“Barbara, be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take your further than any amount of experience．”How right they were!

　　“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers,“I can do it!”when others shout,“No, you can't!”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn't let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pressure for her that she never thought of stopping．

　　We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach(巴赫)．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bend shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote,“Yeas make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old．”

　　Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

　　If we can't do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic(评论家)to say,“I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

　　We can't afford to waste tears on“might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

(1)

The passage mainly shows us ________．

[　　]

A．

enthusiasm is the basic element of everything

B．

enthusiasm helps us to succeed to a greater degree

C．

enthusiasm makes us experience more life

D．

we can do nothing without enthusiasm

(2)

From the example of the Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, we may find ________．

[　　]

A．

enthusiasm can encourage us in difficult times

B．

enthusiastic people always get a deep pleasure from work

C．

you can't make any achievement if you have no enthusiasm

D．

enthusiastic people are sure to gain great fame in the end

(3)

The underlined sentence in Paragraph Three suggests ________．

[　　]

A．

time and tide wait for no man

B．

we grow old as time goes on

C．

people feel young with enthusiasm

D．

our soul becomes old with enthusiasm

(4)

The sentence“I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”In Paragraph Four refers to“________”．

[　　]

A．

I wouldn't work unless I could make money

B．

I believe that my work will be rewarded

C．

Working for money is what I love to do

D．

Working for money makes no money at all

(5)

The main idea of the last paragraph is ________．

[　　]

A．

we should try heart and soul to win what we want

B．

enthusiasm can give us pleasure, though we have to sweat

C．

we have not enough money to buy what we need

D．

enthusiasm with sweat is what we need

阅读理解。

　　We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study, but the way to test a student's knowledge and ability still remains as it was. We have almost done nothing to improve our examination system (制度).

　　It is well known that the examination system we are now using may be a good way of testing a student's memory, but it can tell you nothing about a student's ability. It does no good to students ability. It does no good to students and teachers.

　　As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of examination that will decide his future or job.

　　In fact a good examination system should train a student to think himself, but it now does anything but that. So students are encouraged to remember what is taught. It doesn't enable them to gain more and more knowledge. The students who come out first in the examination often may not be the best in their studies.

　　Besides, the examinations often drive teachers to cram (填鸭式地教) all the time. They can't teach freely. They are forced to train students what to do with the coming examinations from time to time.

　　There must be some simpler and better way to test a student's true ability besides knowledge, and that is what we should do at once.

(1)Now little has been done ________.

[　　]

A．to decide a student's job

B．to test a student's ability

C．to test what a student learns

D．to test a student's memory

(2)According to the article, we know that examinations are very important to ________.

[　　]

A．a student's fame
B．a student's ability
C．a student's future
D．a student's achievements

(3)The examination system we are now using can only make the students ________.

[　　]

A．remember what is taught

B．gain more and more knowledge

C．think by themselves

D．make rapid progress

(4)In order to make students gain high marks in the coming examinations, teachers have to ________.

[　　]

A．develop their students' ability

B．teach freely

C．fill their students' mind with much information

D．teach their students how to study

(5)This article tells us about the importance of ________.

[　　]

A．taking examinations

B．testing a student's knowledge

C．working hard

D．getting the examination system improved

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　　In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional (传统的) dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.

　　That's what they believe. However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt; the kilt. That's how the first kilt was made.

　　Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national sentiment ( = feelings) . The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason. A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The Scottish soldier fought very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of the fame, and in the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.

　　These kilts had colorful stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the color of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. For example, men from the Campbell family had kilts with green, yellow and blue stripes. Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history. In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.

　　This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!

1．This text is mainly about ________.

A．soldiers' clothes in Britain
B．the history of Scotland
C．a special kind of skirt
D．Scottish families

2．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The English soldiers were the first to wear kilts.

B．It was hard then to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English ones apart from the clothes.

C．Colors were specially designed in the first kilts.

D．The factory owner made the first kilt from long shirts to make his workers different from others.

3．Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of ________.

A．the colors
B．the weather
C．national sentiment
D．the design

4．The colors of the kilts are ________.

[　　]

A．not part of the Scottish family history

B．older than the Scottish family history

C．for the Campbell family only

D．mainly green, yellow and blue

5．From the last paragraph we can infer that ________.

[　　]

A．the European people are full of strong feelings

B．there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today

C．the British like to do things on feelings, not on facts

D．the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact

阅读理解。

　　Like many people you may be dreaming of a career as a rock and roll star．There are two ways to go about getting one．First there is the traditional(传统的)way．Find some friends and form a group．Learn to play the guitar or the drums．Write your own songs．Spend hours arguing about the band name．then go out on the road．

　　The next step is to spend a year or two touring．If you are any good, the crowds will get bigger．In the end an artist from a record(唱片)company may come to a show．If he or she likes you, there may be a deal(交易)．This is the path traditionally followed by bands in the music industry．Success means fame and wealth．And failure gives you some interesting stories to tell your children．

　　Over the last few years a different path to success has become known．Boy bands like Boyzone and girl bands like Spice Girls don't come together on their own．They are created by managers and record companies．Their image(形象)is strictly controlled．Professional(专业)song writers usually write their music．This is a convenient arrangement(安排)and the public seems to love the result．

　　Though boy and girl bands have become very popular recently, there is a long tradition of making music in this way．In the early 1960's an American businessman called Berry Gordy founded Motown Records．Motown is short for “motor town”．The record company was based in the city of Detroit, where thousands of African-Americans had moved to work in the car industry．They brought with them a cultural tradition of writing and performing music．This style later became known as “soul music”．Berry Gordy was a diamond miner．Motown stars were not just given songs to sing．They were also taught how to dress well and speak properly．

(1)

The passage is mainly about ________．

[　　]

A．

why the record company is forming more bands

B．

how the band has developed and become popular

C．

what is the traditional way of forming a band

D．

when the band became popular

(2)

If a newborn band wants to succeed, as the writer tells, it must have the chance ________．

[　　]

A．

to travel in big cities

B．

to meet an businessman

C．

to perform before an artist

D．

to experience failure again and again

(3)

The underlined word “where”in paragraph 4 refers to ________．

[　　]

A．

the city of Detroit

B．

The record company

C．

Motown

D．

the diamond mine

(4)

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．

The only successful way to form a band is to write your own songs．

B．

Boyzone is a band which was formed on its own．

C．

A band with a record company shouldn't perform in a controlled way．

D．

The African-Americans had a cultural tradition of writing and performing music．

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　　Here’ s an unusual story：a diamond ring was recently found in an egg．The magician, Liu Qian, discovered it, in front of an audience of millions at CCTV’ s Spring Festival Gala．Liu’ s magic tricks have made the centuries-old art of magic fashionable once again, and made him the hottest magician in China．

　　As a seasoned young magician from Taiwan, Liu is popular worldwide for his magic shows．Countries he has performed in include the United States, Japan, South Korea and the UK．

　　Witnessing something impossible happen right before your eyes is the root of people’ s love for magic．

　　Liu is known for his interaction(互动)with his audiences．He has a unique understanding of showmanship(演出技巧)．

　　“It’s actually thinking rather than one’ s manipulation(操作)skills; that is more important to achieving a successful magic show．We think carefully about how to design the shows creatively, to make them appear more interesting．”Liu said．

　　Liu Qian’ s success dated back to his childhood．Born in 1976 in Taiwan, he found himself attracted to a magic toy in a shop when he was seven years old．At the age of 12, he won Taiwan’ s Youth Magic Contest, which was judged by the great American magician, David Copperfield．

　　Yet, Liu never planned on becoming a professional magician．He studied Japanese literature at university and only hoped to be an amateur(业余的)magician in his spare time．However, his failure to find a proper job after graduation pushed him towards magic as a career．

　　To refine his performing skills, he has performed on streets, roads and fields for passers-by, policemen and farmers．

　　“Street shows are the biggest challenge for us magicians．We have to deal with unexpected situations and tough crowds,”Liu said．

(1)

What does the underlined word“seasoned”in Paragraph 2 mean?

[　　]

A．

季节性的

B．

刚出道的

C．

老练的

D．

职业的

(2)

The story is about ________．

[　　]

A．

how Liu Qian became China’ s hottest magician

B．

why people love magic

C．

what magic tricks are

D．

how fashionable the magic is

(3)

People love to watch magic because ________．

[　　]

A．

they can’ t figure out the secret of magic

B．

it arouses their curiosity

C．

they love watching magicians make the impossible happen

D．

it is a centuries-old art

(4)

Which of the following is the key reason that Liu Qian decided to make magic his career?

[　　]

A．

He was interested in magic when he was little．

B．

He had won Taiwan’ s Youth Magic Contest．

C．

He became an amateur magician in his spare time．

D．

He couldn’ t find an acceptable job after graduation

(5)

From the story we know that ________．

[　　]

A．

Liu Qian competed in many magic competitions

B．

Liu Qian often invites audiences to be in his magic show

C．

Liu Qian performs on streets in order to increase his fame

D．

Liu Qian does street show to make money

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