3. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that______.

　 A. most people feel life is easy

　 B. the writer feels life is easy

　 C. the writer likes to complain about his problems

　 D. most people complain about how hard their lives are

答案: D　 指导：由第三段第一句和第二句可知第三段的主要意思是“人们经常抱怨生活多么艰辛”。

2. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to______.

　 A. save space

　 R persuade readers

　 C. make readers laugh

　 D. get readers' attention

答案: D　 指导：写文章的目的就是解决问题，本文首先开门见山地点出问题，显然是为了吸引读者的注意力，而不是其他选项。

1. From the passage, it can be inferred that______.

　 A. everybody has problems

　 B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life

　 C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

　 D. people like to complain: about their problems

答案: B　 指导：全文主要讲述有人抱怨生活的艰难，作者也承认生活是艰难的，然而正是这艰难的解决问题的过程使生活更有意义，所以文中最后一段第三行When we desire to encourage the growth“human spirit，we encourage the human ability to solveproblems，故此B为最佳选项。

4. Interviews discover children like sending messages instead of______.

　 A. calling each other

　 B. writing notes to each other

　 C. playing games online

　 D. greeting each other Passages

答案: B　 指导：由文中倒数第五段“…Theyfavourthetextmessa　 ging services because they offer as ecret way．．．The days“ secret notes in the classroom are dying out"可知学生喜欢短信息，所以答案为B.

Passage 5(太原测评)

Life is difficult.

　　 It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it. Then life is no longer difficult.

　　 Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain　 about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent (代表) a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.

　　 What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.　 Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure.　 When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and work- ing out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, Those things that hurt, instruct.　 It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

3. The underlined word eavesdrop means______.

　 A. join in actively

　 B. interrupt rudely

　 C. watch carefully

　 D. listen secretly

答案: D指导：由文中前一句"The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users'’和“．．．their parents are not able to．．．”可知D为正确答案。

2. What would be the best title for this news story?

　 A. School bans mobile phones

　 B. Parents' curiosity about children using mobiles

　 C. Mobile popularity among UK teens

　 D. Secret messages popular among kids in the UK

答案: C　 指导：本文通过Lucy父母的所见所闻，说明手机在英国学生中是很普通的，所以C为最佳选项，而其他三个选项都不能概括文章的主要思想。

1. The story of Lucy is told to show us　

　 A.　 British parents meet their children's needs whatever they are

　 B. British kids have good relationships with their parents　

　 C. how British parents accept the truth of teenagers owning a mobile phone

　 D. why every child gets a mobile phone as a birthday present in the UK

答案: C　 指导：文中第一段Lucy说“每人都有一部手机”，所以父母屈服了，故此C为最佳选项。

2. You need to listen to______for a programme on outer　 space.

　 A. Radio 2　　　　 B . Radio 3

　 C. Radio　　　　　 D. LBC

答案: B　 从表中第二栏知Radioa播有Science talk节目，而outer space属于Science talk，故选B．

Passage 4(云南质量)

　　　 LONDON--"Everyone else has one!" Lucy declared to her parents, trying to get a mobile phone as a gift for her 14th birthday. Her parents gave in.

　　 Curious to know how her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning The bus seats 20, of whgom half have a mobile phone: One rings and several adolescent (青少年的) owners feel in their bags.

　　　 Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer only for travelling businessmen　　 it is as likely to be found in school bags.

　　 The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today's teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-old now have ac- cess to a mobile phone.

　　 The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mo- bile, their parents are not able tc; eavesdrop on the secondline.

　　 The interviews with 2,典型例题ng people aged 7 to 16 found that they favour the text messaging services because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out.

　　 For example,　 "cya" means "see you"; "IOI" means "laughs out loud"; and "2nite" is an abbreviation of "tonight". All these are based on shorthand phrases used on the Internet.

　　 Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study.

　　 Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phones.

Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable to the mobile radiation.

1. On which radio can you hear a commercial?　

A. Radio 3　　　　　 B. Radio 4.

　 C. Capital Radio.　 D. Radio London.

答案: C　 从表中第五栏中可知：有广告收入的电台即具有商业性质的电台有两家：一为伦敦广播公司(LBC)，另一为首都广播(Capital Radio)。

3. In the passage it mentions that high technology is involved in______ aspects.

　 A. 1　　 B.2　　 C. 3　　 D. 4

答案: B　 从文章第二段最后一句知：高科技应用于运动的目的有二；提高运动员在竞赛中的表现能力，使比赛结果更准确。

passage 3(仪征联考)

The following is about the BBC and some other broadcasting stations Britain.