题目内容
People enjoy taking trips. But what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to learn more about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson. On a trip, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture, a real life of one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes（态度）, how they feel about business, beauty and history.
What about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person. But seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. But the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lesson. The tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts(对比，对照): the straight vertical lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.
1.Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage?
A. For education.
B. For adventure.
C. To enjoy themselves.
D. To look for a different lifestyle.
2.What do we learn from the passage about Paris?
A. It has a large population.
B. It has many tall buildings.
C. There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway.
D. There are many museums and palaces.
3.What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong?
A. It has many big and beautiful parks.
B. It is very crowded.
C. It has many historical spots.
D. It is an important industrial center.
4.What does the passage tell us about traveling?
A. It makes our life more interesting.
B. It enables us to get first-hand knowledge.
C. It helps develop our personalities.
D. It brings about changes in our lifestyle.
1.A
2.D
3.B
4.B
【解析】
试题分析：人喜欢旅行。但他们离开家的原因是什么？原因之一是为了教育。在旅游的同时，可以感受到不同的生活方式。同时介绍了去法国的巴黎旅行时能参观的景物。也向读者介绍了香港地区的信息，从人口到车辆的行驶方向。
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考点：社会现象类短文阅读。
请根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。
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1.My teacher over ten books out of the classroom when I came in just now.
2.The rain . Let’s go out to take a walk.
3.—Sam, come downstairs, please. I need your help.
—Just a minute, Mum. I the floor.
4.—Why didn’t you hand in your homework yesterday?
—Sorry, I it at home. I have brought it here today.
5.His grandma singing Beijing opera in her free time.
根据短文内容，完成表格。每空一词。
People have reported seeing a wild man-like creature in the Himalayas. They call it a Yeti. Each report produces similar descriptions of the creature. Yetis are said to be heavily built and hairy. People believe that it sometimes comes down from the mountains to attack villagers.
In 1998, an American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti on the Chinese side of the Himalayas. ‘It walked like a human but it had thick black fur and was about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands,’ he said.
Ten Chinese engineers also reported that they saw a Yeti in the Shennongjia National Forest Park in western Hubei Province. The engineers ran after the creature, which ran with amazing speed and strength.
In 1970, 1,089 footprints were discovered in the snow near Bossburg, Washington in the United States. Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard evidence supporting the existence (存在)of Yetis. These footprints are about 14 to 18 inches long, 5 to 9 inches wide and much larger than those of a human. Also, they are always deeper than footprints made right next to them by men.
Some scientists think that these footprints are not left by Yetis. They say that the footprints could have been made by bears or other animals. They have found that the sun often causes footprints in the snow to become larger. Some scientists even think that these footprints could have been made by people playing a joke.
Dr Krantz, a scientist from Washington State University, has studied reports of Yetis for many years. He believes that there are Yetis while studying the footprints. He says that this creature possibly lived in Asia some 3,000,000 years ago. It could have made its way to other parts of the world and lived on until today.
General descriptions of Yetis | Heavily built with much 1. Coming down from the mountain to 2. villagers |
Places where Yetis were seen | Himalayas ● They walked like a 3. ● They have thick black fur, huge shoulders, long arms and large hands |
Shennongjia National Forest Park ● The Yeti was so 4. and fast that the engineers couldn’t catch up with it. | |
Bossburg, Washington in the USA ● 5. footprints were discovered: 14 or 18 inches long, 5 to 9 inches wide. ● They are 6. than those men made right next to them. | |
Scientists’ 7. about whether there are Yetis | Yes ● Bears and other animals could have made them. ● The fingerprints became larger 8. of the sun. ● People could have made them for 9. a joke. |
No ● It’s 10. that Yetis lived in Asia some 3,000,000 years ago. ● They could have traveled to other parts of the world and lived on until now. |