阅读下面四篇短文.从每题所给的四个选项中.选出最佳选项. Years ago a John Hopkin's professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment:Go to the slums．Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and investigate 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Years ago a John Hopkin's professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment：Go to the slums(贫民窟)．Take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and investigate their backgrounds and environment．Then predict their chances for the future．

　　The students, after consulting social statistics, talking to the boys and working out data, concluded that 90 percent of the boys would spend some time in prison．

　　Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was given the job of testing the prediction．They went back to the same area．Some of the boys-by then men-were still there．A few of them had died and some had moved away, but they got in touch with 180 of the original 200．They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison．

　　Why was it that these men, who had lived in a breeding(滋生)place of crime, had such a surprisingly good record? The researchers were continually told："Well, there was a teacher．"

　　They pressed further, and found that in 75 percent of the cases it was the same woman．The researchers went to this teacher, now living in a home for retired teachers．How had she made this remarkable influence over that group of children? Could she give them any reason why these boys should have remembered her?

　　"No, " she said, "I really couldn't．" And then, thinking back over the years, she said thoughtfully, more to herself than to her questioners："I loved those boys．" This is just the reason．

(1)

A Johns Hopkins professor sent the first group of graduates to the slums to ________．
[　　]
A．	help the children there with their study．
B．	teach the children there because they had no teachers．
C．	predict the children's future according to their living backgrounds and environment
D．	travel and write some reports as homework

(2)

The first group of graduates sent to the slums drew a conclusion of the 200 boys that ________．
[　　]
A．	most boys were sure to commit a crime in the future．
B．	all of the boys were certain to be in prison in the future．
C．	most boys were to work in prison in the future．
D．	few of the boys were to be sent to prison

(3)

The underlined word in the first paragraph can be replaced by ________．
[　　]
A．	task
B．	exam
C．	measure
D．	plan

(4)

Which of the following can serve as the article's topic?
[　　]
A．	No pains, no gains
B．	Where there is a will, there is a way．
C．	Nothing is difficult if we try our best．
D．	A good teacher

答案：1．C;2．A;3．A;4．D;

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第二部分：阅读理解（共两节；满分35 分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面四篇短文，从每小题后的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
WASHINGTON -Tofu（豆腐）and Soyaburgers (豆饼) may be coming to American school lunch menus. What will the kids say? “Terrible,” said Greg Dudzinski, 17, of Ripon High School in Wisconsin, as he toured the US capital.
“The regular hamburgers are bad enough, so soyaburgers would be a lot worse, offered Zach Richey, 13, of Scottsboro Junior High in Alabama, another tourist. But the United States government – hoping to reduce the amount of fat that children are eating –has approved the use of soy as a meat substitute in meals for schools and day-care centers.Not all kids dislike the change. Mariel Spano, 17, of sandy Greek High School in New York, also visiting the capital, said she likes soyaburgers：“There is less fat, and they are better for you… They taste the same, and they are just as good.”
The government tried to make soy a meat substitute nearly 20 years ago, but later dropped the idea．At the time, the plan was intended as a cost-cutting move. US Agriculture Department officials say that their purpose now is only to make meals healthier.Schools are likely to increase the amount of soy that is mixed with hamburgers and other foods already on their menus, and they will also be looking for food companies to develop new soy products that children will like. “I can’t see putting tofu on a student’s plate and having a good acceptance. I can see taking a product that is familiar to the students and adding a large amount of soy to it and having it to be acceptable,” said Jill Benza, director of food services for the Mesa, Arizona schools.
36．What is the newspaper report mainly about?
A．The difficulty in using soy products for US schools.
B．Various opinions on soy products for US schools.
C．The plan that is made by the US government for school lunch.
D．Healthy foods for students in US schools.
37．Where did the interviews most probably take place?
A．In food companies.            B．In schools.
C．In Washington.                D．In some other states.
38．We may learn from the text that _________________________.
A．soyaburgers taste better than hamburgers.
B．hamburgers are healthier than soyaburgers.
C．soyaburgers cost less than hamburgers.
D．hamburgers cost less than soyaburgers.
39． What Jill Benza said shows that ___________________________.
A．students have not yet been used to soy products.
B．it is hardly possible to make soy products popular.
C．he does not like the change in meals for students.
D．schools are unwilling to change the lunch menus.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节；满分35 分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从每小题后的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

WASHINGTON -Tofu（豆腐）and Soyaburgers (豆饼) may be coming to American school lunch menus. What will the kids say? “Terrible,” said Greg Dudzinski, 17, of Ripon High School in Wisconsin, as he toured the US capital.

“The regular hamburgers are bad enough, so soyaburgers would be a lot worse, offered Zach Richey, 13, of Scottsboro Junior High in Alabama, another tourist. But the United States government – hoping to reduce the amount of fat that children are eating –has approved the use of soy as a meat substitute in meals for schools and day-care centers.Not all kids dislike the change. Mariel Spano, 17, of sandy Greek High School in New York, also visiting the capital, said she likes soyaburgers：“There is less fat, and they are better for you… They taste the same, and they are just as good.”

The government tried to make soy a meat substitute nearly 20 years ago, but later dropped the idea．At the time, the plan was intended as a cost-cutting move. US Agriculture Department officials say that their purpose now is only to make meals healthier.Schools are likely to increase the amount of soy that is mixed with hamburgers and other foods already on their menus, and they will also be looking for food companies to develop new soy products that children will like. “I can’t see putting tofu on a student’s plate and having a good acceptance. I can see taking a product that is familiar to the students and adding a large amount of soy to it and having it to be acceptable,” said Jill Benza, director of food services for the Mesa, Arizona schools.

36．What is the newspaper report mainly about?

A．The difficulty in using soy products for US schools.

B．Various opinions on soy products for US schools.

C．The plan that is made by the US government for school lunch.

D．Healthy foods for students in US schools.

37．Where did the interviews most probably take place?

A．In food companies. B．In schools.

C．In Washington. D．In some other states.

38．We may learn from the text that _________________________.

A．soyaburgers taste better than hamburgers.

B．hamburgers are healthier than soyaburgers.

C．soyaburgers cost less than hamburgers.

D．hamburgers cost less than soyaburgers.

39． What Jill Benza said shows that ___________________________.

A．students have not yet been used to soy products.

B．it is hardly possible to make soy products popular.

C．he does not like the change in meals for students.

D．schools are unwilling to change the lunch menus.

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,共40分)

第一节：（共15小题,每题2分,共30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

He says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are a very good friend. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered abotrt being rich, because you are a self-made man?

Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I do not know much. All I am is rich.

People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to bring happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

56. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money_______.

A. is a good way to test your friendship B. will do harm to your friendship

C. will strengthen your friendship D. is a good way to break off your friendship

57. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

A. He does not feel that he is well educated.

B. He does not think that he is a very important person.

C. He doesn’t think that being rich is worth so much attention.

D. He does not consider himself to be very successful

58. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

A. Money is an end. B. Money is a means.

C. Money is everything. D. Money is unimportant.

59. Which of the following might the author disagree with?

A. Money is important in modern society.

B. The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

C. Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

D. Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

四、阅读理解（共15 小题，30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

I like friends who share my happiness and sorrow,and who possess wings of their own and fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮)me and help me to express my love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say,“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and I was in despair, but our friendship was based on the idea that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we felt awful at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and visited many wonderful places. We walked until our despair disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters to each other in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell…” We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

1. In the eighth grade, what did the author do while her classmates started developing proper social behavior?

A. Become serious about her studies. B. Went to her friend’s house regularly.

C. Learned from her claamates at school. D. Wrote poems and stories with her friend.

2. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means “______”.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared[来源:Zxxk.Com]

D. we parted with each other in London

3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend

A. call each other regularly B. have similar personalities

C. write stories D. sometimes dream about each other[来源:Zxxk.Com]

4. In the darkest moments, the author wants to

A. seek professional help B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend D. break the silence

5. What is a good title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendships D. Noble Companions

III．阅读理解阅读下面四篇短文，从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

　　A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess（女家庭教师）Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ”I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”

　　“Forty.”

　　“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”

　　“Two months and five days.”

　　“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.

　　“Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct？”

　　Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but - still not a word.

　　“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect （疏忽）, Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”

　　“You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.

　　“But I made a note of it.”

　　“Well... if you say so.”

　　“Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”

　　Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!

　　“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”

　　“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is !”

　　I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.

　　“Merci （法语: 谢谢）,”she whispered.

　　I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.

　　“For the money. ”

　　“But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you ! I have actually stolen from you ! Why this‘merci’？”

　　“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

　　“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless （懦弱）?Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws（爪）—to be such a fool?”

　　Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”

　　I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world !”

41．While talking to Julia, the wrier expected from her ________.

　　A. a protest　　　　B. gratitude　　 C. obedience(顺从)　　　 D. an explanation

42．What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.

　　A. nervousness in front of her boss　　 B. acceptance of injustice

　　C. shyness when talking about money　　 D. reluctance to express herself

43．The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.

　　A. to be more aggressive　　 B. to be more careful in her work

　　C. to protect her right　　 D. to live independently

44．At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”to show ____.

　　A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety

　　B. his worry about Julia’s future

　　C. his concern on the living condition of working - class people

　　D. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited

45．From the story, we can tell that Julia’s employer was ________.

　　A. greedy but honest　　 B. ill - tempered but warm - hearted

　　C. strict but forgiving　　 D. none of the above

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