2. Which of the following is the best title
for the passage?
A. Nature Balance Itself
B. Floods and Earthquakes
C. American Settlers
D. Humans--a Disaster to Nature
Paragraph 3
At this time
the state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil had
been planted to the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves,
and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soil was
beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. The younger people were not
satisfied to raise cotton on the poor soil of the old South. Many of them moved
westward and started cotton plantations (种植园) in Alabama and Mississippi. What was more, so much cotton had been
shipped to factories in England and New England that they had as much cotton as
they could use. This brought the price of cotton down. More and more slaves
were needed to work on the new and large plantations, and higher and higher prices
were demanded for them. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes
from the sale of cotton reduced. Hard times had come to South Carolina.
3. The subject of this passage is __________.
A. economic (经济的)
difficulties of South Carolina
B. that the planters knew nothing about farming
C. that the soil in South Carolina was not good
D. the causes of hard times in South Carolina
4. Which of the following sentences can summarize (概括) the main idea of the passage?
A. Hard times had come to South Carolina.
B. Planters found their expenses rising and their incomes from the sale of
cotton reduced.
C. The soil was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves.
D. More and more slaves were needed to work on the new and large plantations.
Paragraph 4
When a
piece of paper burns, it is completely changed. The ash that is left behind
does not look like the original piece of paper. When dull-red rust appears on a
piece of tinware (锡制品), it is quite different from the gleaming tin. The tarnish that
forms on silverware is a new substance unlike the silver itself. Animal tissue
(组织) is unlike
the vegetable substance from which it is made. A change in which the original
substance is turned into a different substance is called a chemical change.
5. The author writes this passage to tell us _________.
A. how paper burns
B. that dull-red on tinware is unlike tin itself
C. that animal tissue is different from plant's
D. what a chemical change is
Correct answers:
1-5 DDAAD
Paragraph 1
One of
the most important weapons used during the Second World War was not a weapon
used against people, but rather a drug used against disease. The wartime use of
penicillin saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example,
pneumonia was responsible for eighteen percent of all the deaths in the United
States army. In the Second World War, the rate went down to less than one
percent. In addition, penicillin was instrumental in keeping wounds from
getting infected and in helping to speed the healing process of those wounds
that did become infected.
1. which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Dangerous Weapon
B. Guns in the Second World War
C. A Terrible Pneumonia
D. An Important Drug
Paragraph 2
Mr. Brown, a
shopkeeper, was going to count the day' s cash takings. There was more than
£300 in notes. He was about to put them in a bag. He heard a sound.
A door at the back of the room was opening. A
voice shouted "Don't shout. Don't look round. I have a gun." Mr.
Brown stood still. The voice went on, "Drop that bag and the notes. Go and
stand in the corner beside the safe. Keep quite still. Remember, I have a
gun."
Mr. Brown was frightened. He obeyed all the
robber' s orders. The robber picked up the notes and was about to go out by the
door at the back of the room.
It was a quarter past six. John Taylor arrived
outside that very same back door. He raised his hand and was about to knock. At
that very moment the robber opened the door. He was frightened to see John
there. He lost his head. He became panic-stricken. He tried to push his way
past John. But John was suspicious. He blocked the robber' s way. There was a
fight.
Mr. Brown heard the fight. He forgot his fear,
turned round and rushed from his corner. He threw both his arms round the
robber. This pinned the robber' s arms to his sides so he could not use his
gun. At the same moment John struck the robber hard in the stomach and knocked all
the breath out of his body. The robber fell to the ground in a pile. He still
held the notes but his gun fell on the floor and John quickly picked it up. All
was now over. Soon the police arrived
2. The main idea of this passage is _________.
A. a robber robbed a shop
B. Mr. Brown and Mr. Taylor fought against a robber
C. None but the brave can win victory
D. John Taylor was a brave man
Paragraph 3
Sometimes
people call each other "scared-cat", but have you ever thought about
this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its
muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its bloodstream.
Although the cat doesn't realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If
the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things. It will
defend itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.
Something like this also happens to people. When
we are excited, angry, scared, or aroused by
other emotions (feelings), our bodies go
through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get
tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get
ready to defend ourselves or run.
Human beings, however, have a problem that
animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them take over, we
can get into trouble. Have you ever said something in anger-or hit somebody-and
regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told somebody you were
lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth
shut? It isn't always wise to express your feelings freely.
Does this mean that it's smarter always to hide
our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness, and bitterness
hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illness can
develop, and you can feel churned up inside. It can actually be bad for your
health. (It isn't good to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings
need to be expressed.)
Feeling that you keep all bottled up inside,
don't just go away. It's as if bought some bananas and stuck them in a
cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before long you'd smell them,
if you opened the cupboard, chances are you'd see little fruit flies hovering
all over them. They'd be rotten.
You can try to treat emotions as if they were
bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they don't
exist, but they'll still be around. And at last you'll have to deal with them,
just like those bananas.
