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　　JOHANNESBURG ---- A crowded school bus swerved (突然转向) to avoid a car on a narrow bridge and smashed into a steel railing, killing 30 children and three teachers, the police said on Sunday. The accident happened on Saturday night near Dundee, a small town about 200 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, said Mayor Caert Marias of the Gurban Police. Thirty-six children were injured, and most were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.

　　Prime Minister Abdul Krim of Tyrea has said that the danger of war in the Middle East is greater now than for the past two years. His country does not want war, he says, but the Tyrean people have waited too long for an end to the troubles with their neighbors. If war comes, says Mr Krim, Tyrea will be ready.

　　Policemen in New York have stopped work. Their leader, Mr Paulo Angeli, says that they will return to work only when they receive more money for working long hours, and doing what Mr Angeli calls “the most dangerous job in the city”.

　　WORSE BUSH FIRE OF CENTURY PUTS SOUTHERN AUSTRALIAN TOWNS IN DANGER

　　No one knows yet the number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire. But reports say that more than a hundred people have already died.

　　Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes. The edge of the smoky cloud has already reached Melbourne. People are rushing excitedly into the streets. The police have warned them not to drive out of the city to see the fire but many people are doing so.

　　The cause of the fire is unknown. But nobody is surprised. No rain has fallen in this part for three months. It is 38℃ at noon, and the hot northwest wind from the great central desert is blowing at more than thirty miles an hour.

1．The best title of the news in the first item of news might be ________.

[　　]

A．Bus Accident
B．Accident Near Dundee
C．33 Killed
D．Serious Bus Disaster

2．The Tyrean people ________.

[　　]

A．are ready and waiting for war

B．are ready to wait another two years for war

C．do not want war, but will be ready if it comes

D．are a great danger to peace in the Middle East

3．Mr Paulo Angeli is ________.

[　　]

A．the most dangerous policeman in New York

B．a policeman who receives more money for working longer hours

C．the strike leader of the New York City policemen

D．a policeman, and the leader of New York City

4．From the last item of news we can see that ________.

[　　]

A．they haven't seen such a big fire for 100 years

B．one hundred people have lost their lives in the terrible fire

C．most of the towns in the country are in danger

D．nobody knows whether some people have died in the fire or not

5．The towns will be out of danger if ________.

[　　]

A．the firemen arrive

B．the smoky cloud falls to the ground

C．the people put out the fires

D．the wind stops

答案：D;C;C;A;D
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　　Annie Dakley Mozee was only nine when she took her father' s big kentucky rifle (步枪) into woods to hunt food. Her father was dead, and the family was poor and hungry.

　　When she found that she could shoot squirrels and rabbits by aiming the rifle carefully, a new life began for her. She began earning money by selling game to Mr Frost, who owned a hotel in a nearby town.

　　Then Annie began to try for a trick shot(高明的射手) ,everyone heard of her skill with a rifle .

　　When she was fifteen, Mr Frost set up a shooting match between her and a famous marksman (神枪手) . And finally, Annie won the match by one point. She was on her way to becoming a world -famous sharp shooter (一等射手) . She now called herself Annie Oakley .

1．Annie first used her rifle to ________.

[　　]

A．protect herself

B．shoot birds

C．make her living by hunting

D．be fond of shooting.

2．A new life began for Annie when she ________.

[　　]

A．met a famous marksman.

B．met Mr Frost.

C．turned strick shot.

D．found out that she could shoot.

3．Annie Oakley became famous because ________.

[　　]

A．the government gave her a medal of sharp shooter.

B．she beat a famous marksman.

C．she was praised for a first - class shot.

D．she turned big- game hunter.

4．The under lined word “game” of the selection means ________.

[　　]

A．form a play.

B．sports and exercise outdoors.

C．food fed to poultry(家禽) .

D．animals and birds hunted for food.

5．The best title for this selection is ________.

[　　]

A．How Annie Oakley Got Her Start .

B．The Shooting Match.

C．The Girl's Way To A Shot.

D．How To Shoot Game.

阅读理解：

　　Suppose we built a robot(机器人)to explore the planet Mars．We provide the robot with seeing detectors(探测器)to keep it away from danger．It is powered entirely by the sun．Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times?No．The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any．So we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning．

　　According to the evolutionary(进化的)theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason．The theory does not deny(否认)that sleep provides some important restorative functions(恢复功能)．It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous．However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us．So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent．

　　The evolutionary theory explains the differences in sleep among creatures．Why do eats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little?Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do．But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep．Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value．Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival(生存)depends on their ability to run away from attackers．

(1)

The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ________．

[　　]

A．

the differences between robots and men

B．

the reason why men need to sleep

C．

about the need for robots to save power

D．

about the danger of men working at night

(2)

Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________．

[　　]

A．

keep up a regular pattern of life

B．

prevent trouble that comes looking for him

C．

avoid danger and inefficient labour

D．

restore his bodily functions

(3)

According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________．

[　　]

A．

are worrying about our safety

B．

are overworked

C．

are in a tent

D．

are away from home

(4)

Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________．

[　　]

A．

need more time for restoration

B．

are unlikely to be attackers

C．

axe more active than homes when they are awake

D．

spend less time eating to get enough energy

(5)

Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking．

B．

The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory．

C．

Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots．

D．

The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats．

阅读理解：

　　Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard．After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of the table．That’s when it happened：my father did not reach for the check．

　　Conversation continued．Finally I realized that I should pick up the check!After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the one with dollars, it had all changed．I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed．I was an adult．I was no longer a kid．

　　Some people mark off(区分)their lives in years, I measure mine in small events．I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister．” These events in my life are called “milestones”(里程碑)

　　There have been other milestones．The cops(policemen)of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was．Then one day they were suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was．They were just big kids．With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player．Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it．

　　I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did．Now it’s what I do best．I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean．I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra attract me．I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties．I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I fond myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject．I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I’d want, feel close to my ancestors(祖先)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son．I still lose…

　　One day I bought a house．One day－what a day!–I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father．I thought then it was a milestone for me．One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was one for him, too, another milestone．

(1)

The tone established in the passage is one of ________．

[　　]

A．

sad regret

B．

amusement

C．

happiness

D．

deep feeling

(2)

The author mentions the event in the restaurant because ________．

[　　]

A．

that was one of his milestone

B．

he paid the bill but he didn’t want to

C．

he became a father with dollars

D．

that was the last restaurant meal with his parents

(3)

“Then they were suddenly neither．” Suggests that ________．

[　　]

A．

suddenly they became older than I was

B．

suddenly I knew that they was neither bigger nor older than I was

C．

suddenly I realized that I made mistake

D．

suddenly I found myself no longer a kid

(4)

Which of the following best expresses the author’s thinking?

[　　]

A．

One day is worth two tomorrow

B．

To save time is to length life

C．

When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you

D．

Time and tide wait for no man

阅读理解：

　　Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains．Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed：where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore．In any case, what would we have sailed by landing?The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way．So we stayed in the boat, hoping we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization．

　　We lived on fish, caught with home-made net of string(we had no hooks), and fruits and nuts we could pick up out of the water．As we had no fire, we had to eat everything, including the fish, raw I had never tasted raw fish before, and I must say I did not much enjoy the experience; perhaps sea fish which do not live in the mud are less tasteless．After eating my raw fish, I lay back and dreamed of such things as fried chicken and rice, and ice-cream．In the never-ending damp heat of the jungle, ice-cream was a particularly frequent dream．

　　As for water, there was a choice：we could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst．We drank the water．Men who had just escaped what had appeared to be certain death lose all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water．In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result．

　　One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us．We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time：we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again．

(1)

What they could see in the boat was only ________．

[　　]

A．

high wall

B．

villagers from time to time

C．

vast land

D．

heavy woods

(2)

They couldn’t land because ________．

[　　]

A．

the mud on the shore was too soft

B．

the forest was too thick to let them go through

C．

they could not find the mark on the map

D．

they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest

(3)

The passage infers that the forest was ________．

[　　]

A．

rich of fruits and animals to be served as food

B．

not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches

C．

full of various dangerous beings

D．

full of ancient trees

(4)

The most proper title for this passage might be ________．

[　　]

A．

Escape

B．

Scenes of a River

C．

How to Survive on a boat

D．

A New Experience

阅读理解：

　　“ A band plays in Lumley Park every Sunday afternoon．I often attend these open-air concerts if the weather is fine, because I find it a very restful way of passing time, and because the band plays many kinds of music：dance music, marching music, anything with a tune you can whistle; you know what I mean．”

　　“ One Sunday, there was a blind girl in the front row of the audience, just behind the band-leader．She must have been about fourteen or fifteen years of age, I should think．She had been sitting down until about halfway through the programme, when the band started to play ‘ The Blue Danube’ by Johan Strauss．I’d never heard them play this particular piece before; and there was something magical about the way they played it then．They’d only played a few bars when this blind girl stood up and began waving her arms about in time to the music, just as the band-leader himself was doing．”

　　“ After a while, I could see that more and more members of the band were watching the blind girl instead of the band-leader．And the leader must have noticed this himself, because he turned round and watched her, and saw that she was keeping perfect time．He was a very thoughtful man, that band-leader; I took my hat off to him．He moved to one side little by little, so that the band could see the blind girl better, and after a while he stopped conducting altogether．The band knew the piece quite well, of course, so things weren’t likely to go seriously wrong．But she kept time beautifully, and she made it clear when she wanted certain passages to be loud or soft, just as the band-leader himself had done．Since then, to be quite honest, I’ve never heard ‘The Blue Danube’ played better anywhere．”

　　“ I have seldom heard an audience clap more loudly than that audience, when the music was over．I should think they must have heard the noise on the other side of the town．When the blind girl sat down, even from where I was sitting I could see that there were tears running down her face．”

　　“ And she wasn’t the only one in that audience who was crying, I can tell you．”

(1)

The speaker thought that attending the Sunday afternoon concerts is a pleasure because ________．

[　　]

A．

a band plays music in Lumley Park．

B．

He could pass the time in a peaceful way in good weather

C．

His favourite music could be played by the band in the open air

D．

All the above

(2)

When the band was playing “The Blue Danube”, a blind girl who was sitting in the front row behind the band-leader ________．

[　　]

A．

stood up to play with the band

B．

stood up and waved her arms to keep perfect time by herself

C．

played just as the band-leader was doing

D．

listened to the particular piece “The blue Danube”

(3)

While the blind girl was waving her hands to keep time, ________．

[　　]

A．

many more members of the band were still watching their band-leader

B．

the band-leader stopped conducting after a while and took off her hat to the girl

C．

the band kept playing wonderfully even without their band-leader

D．

the audience preferred the blind girl to the band-leader

(4)

From what the speaker said, it can be inferred that ________．

[　　]

A．

he not only respected the band-leader but also thought highly of the blind girl

B．

he thought the blind girl was doing better than the band-leader

C．

he regarded the band as the first class band even without anyone conducting

D．

with the blind girl conducting, the concert was much more wonderful

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