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The World’s Most Impressive subways

 
小题1:Which of the following gives the passengers the best visual enjoyment?
A．The Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines．B．The Moscow Metro．
C．The London Metro．D．The Hong Kong MTR．
小题2:According to the passage, the only subway that can bring more financial gains is ______．
A．the Tokyo Metro and Toei LinesB．the Moscow Metro
C．the London Metro D．the Hong Kong MTR
小题3:We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro ______．
A．is the busiest system in the world
B．carries the most people each day
C．may be larger than the Chicago Subway in the future
D．has become the world's largest subway since it opened
小题4:The purpose of the passage is to _____．
A．give us a brief introduction to some subway systems
B．introduce the working system of some railways station
C．tell the general background of world-wide transportation
D．show the historical development of underground system

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
这篇文章介绍了世界上的一些地铁系统。
小题1:根据第二幅图的第一句话可知在这里可以欣赏到最好的视觉效果。
小题2:根据“The Hongkong Metro”的第一句的描述可知，香港的地铁是全世界能够盈利更多的地铁。
小题3:根据“Shanghai Metro”的描述的最后一句话可知上海的地铁将会是芝加哥的三倍。
小题4:这篇文章写作目的就是介绍世界上的一些地铁系统。
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All over the world, libraries have begun the Herculean task of making faithful digital copies of the books, images and recordings that preserve the intellectual effort of humankind.  For armchair scholars, the work promises to bring such a wealth of information to the desktop that the present Internet may seem amateurish in retrospect. …
Librarians see three clear benefits to going digital.  First, it helps them preserve rare and fragile objects without denying access to those who wish to study them.  The British Library, for example, holds the only medieval manuscript of Beowulf in London.  Only qualified scholars were allowed to see it until Kevin S. Kiernan of the University of Kentucky scanned the manuscript with three different light sources (revealing detail not normally apparent to the naked eye) and put the images up on the Internet for anyone to peruse (阅览).  Tokyo’s National Diet Library is similarly creating highly detailed digital photographs of 1,236 woodblock prints, scrolls and other materials it considers national treasures so that researchers can scrutinize them without handling the originals.
A second benefit is convenience.  Once books are converted to digital form, patrons can retrieve them in seconds rather than minutes.  Several people can simultaneously read the same book or view the same picture.  Clerks are spared the chore of reshelving.  And libraries could conceivably use the Internet to land their virtual collections to those who are unable to visit in person.
The third advantage of electronic copies is that they occupy millimeters of space on a magnetic disk rather than meters on a shelf.  Expanding library buildings is increasingly costly.  The University of California at Berkeley recently spent $46 million on an underground addition to house 1.5 million books – an average cost of $30 per volume.  The price of disk storage, in contrast, has fallen to about $2 per 300-page publication and continues to drop.
小题1:The best title for this passage would be __________.
A．Three Benefits of Libraries
B．Libraries Going Digital
C．Space-saving E-learning
D．Security of Electronic Reading
小题2:Which paragraph(s) in the text offer(s) further explanation of the central idea?
A．Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4B．Paragraphs 3 and 4
C．Paragraphs 2 and 4D．Paragraph 4
小题3:Which one of the following is mentioned as the advantages of E-libraries
A．Old manuscripts can be moved more easily
B．Materials can be examined without being touched
C．Fewer staff will be required in libraries
D．Libraries will be able to move underground
小题4:What does the word ‘scrutinize’ probably mean?
A．keep for a whileB．reprintC．restoreD．examine carefully
America is a country on the move. In unheard of numbers, people of all ages are exercising  their way to better health. According to the latest figures, 59 percent of American adults exercise regularly-up 12 percent from just two years ago and more than double the figure of 25 years ago. Even non-exercisers believe they would be more attractive and confident if they were more active.
It is hard not to get the message. The virtues of physical fitness are shown on magazine covers, postage stamps, and television ads of everything from beauty soaps to travel books. Exercise as a part of daily life did not catch on until the late 1960s when research by military doctors began to show the health benefits of doing regular physical exercises. Growing publicity (宣传) for races held in American cities helped fuel a strong interest in the ancient sport of running. Although running has leveled off in recent years as Americans have discovered equally rewarding—and sometimes safer-forms of exercise, such as walking and swimming, running remains the most popular form of exercise.
As the popularity of exercise continues to mount, so does scientific evidence of its health benefits. The key to fitness is exercising the major muscle groups vigorously (强有力地) enough to approximately double the heart rate and keep it doubled for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Doing such physical exercises three times or more a week will produce considerable improvements in physical health in about three months.
小题1:It can be learnt from the passage that the health benefits of exercise ___________.
A．are to be further studied
B．are yet to be proved
C．are self evident
D．are supported by scientific evidence
小题2:A growing interest in sports developed after ______________.
A．an increasing number of races were held in American cities
B．research showed their health benefits
C．scientific evidence of health benefits was shown on TV ads
D．people got the message from magazine covers and postage stamps
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Running—A Popular Form of Sport
B．Scientific Evidence of Health Benefits
C．Different Forms of Exercise
D．Exercise—The Road to Health
小题4:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “leveled off” in the paragraph 2?
A．“reached its lowest level in popularity”
B．“stopped being popular”
C．“stopped increasing in popularity”
D．“become very popular”
Traditional fairytales(童话) are being given up by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found．
Research uncovered that one in five parents has got rid of old literature such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Rapunzel in favor of more modern books．One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the gruesome details of Little Red Riding Hood．And nearly half of mothers and fathers refuse to read Rumplesliltshin to their kids as the themes of the story are kidnapping and killing．Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it forgives stealing．
The survey of 2,000 adults was completed to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM （ 格林童话剧） , which starts tonight at 9pm on Watch, and sees six drama series based on traditional fairytales．
The survey found a quarter of parents questioned wouldn’t consider reading fairytales to their kids．And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good message to their children as it describes a young woman doing housework all day．
Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: "Bedtime stories are supposed to calm children down and send them off to sleep soundly．But as we see in GMMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic so it’s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children．As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales, but a five - year - old child could take them too literally．Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales as we see in GRIMM, good will defeat evil and there is always a moral to the story．"
The study also found two thirds of mums and dads try to avoid stories which might give their children nightmares．The most popular book read at bedtime is now 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle.
However half of parents said traditional tales are "more likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kids' books, such as The Gruffato, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books．
小题1:Classical works for children are being avoided by parents they think           .
A．they contain unmoral themes
B．they are terrifying
C．they encourage stealing, kidnapping and killing
D．they are tired of answering questions
小题2:What does the underlined word "gruesome" mean?
A．Very horribleB．Very amusing
C．Very disappointingD．Very amazing
小题3:Which stories are the popular bedtime stories that parents like to tell their children now?
A．Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Cinderella
B．The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Little Red Riding Hood.
C．The Very Hungry Caterpillar andMr. Men
D．Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Cinderella
小题4:According to Steve Hornsey , adults can see innocence in a fairy tale but a 5-year-old child might ______．
A．think it is different from the reality
B．dislike it because it is scary
C．believe exactly what the tale says
D．feel there is a moral to the story
Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian culture, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.
小题1:What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?
A．Love.B．Politeness.C．Joy.D．Thankfulness.
小题2:The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .
A．show friendliness to strangers
B．be used to hide true feelings
C．be used in the wrong places
D．show personal habits
小题3:What should we do before attempting to “read” people?
A．Learn about their relations with others.
B．Understand their cultural backgrounds.
C．Find out about their past experience.
D．Figure out what they will do next.
小题4:What would be the best title for the test?
A．Cultural DifferencesB．Smiles and Relationship
C．Facial ExpressivenessD．Habits and Emotions
The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy center caused by the terrible earthquake has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Arjun is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in the United States. He says the disaster in Japan is historic.
This week, the chairman of America’s nuclear agency said there is little chance that harmful radiation(辐射) from Japan could reach the United States. Gregory also said America has a strong program in place to deal with earthquake threats. No new nuclear power centers have been built in the United States since 1979. That was when America’s worst nuclear accident happened at the Three Mile Island center in Pennsylvania. The accident began to turn public opinion against nuclear energy. At present, about twenty percent of electricity in the United States comes from nuclear energy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would close seven nuclear power centers for the time being while energy policy is reconsidered. The European Union is planning to test all centers in its twenty-seven member nations.
Developing nations are less willing to slow down the development of nuclear. China says it will continue with plans to build about twenty-five new nuclear reactors(核反应堆). And India, under a cooperation agreement with the United States, plans to spend billions on new centers in the coming years.
Nuclear reactors supply fourteen percent of global electricity. Nuclear energy is a clean resource, producing no carbon gases. But radioactive waste is a serious problem to be solved. So is the presence of nuclear power centers in earthquake areas like the one near Bushehr, lran.
小题1:We can learn from the text that America ________.
A．experienced a terrible nuclear accident 32 years ago
B．has a strong program to deal with radiation danger
C．depends heavily on nuclear energy to produce electricity
D．will check all the reactors before cooperating with India
小题2:According to the text, which country will be most likely to have a similar disaster?
A．German.B．IranC．India.D．China.
小题3:How does the author seem to feel about the future of nuclear energy?
A．Satisfied.B．Pleased.C．Worried.D．Surprised.
小题4:The best title of the text is ______.
A．Various Opinions on Japan’s Nuclear Disaster
B．Japan’s Disaster is Likely to Run Out of Control
C．America Shows Great Concern for Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
D．Japan’s Disaster Throws Doubt on Nuclear Energy Industry

The Ice Hotel
Are you going into skiing? Is winter your favorite time of year? If you like snow and ice, maybe you should stay at Ice Hotel in Quebec, Canada. But, you can only check in at this hotel during the winter. Why ? Because this hotel is built every December. It has 32 rooms and 80 people can stay there each night. The hotel even has a movie theatre, art gallery, and church. Of course, all of these parts of the hotel are made of ice. In fact, all the furniture, art, lights, and even plates and drinking glasses are made out of ice.
Because this hotel is so unusual, it is becoming very popular. People from all over the world come to the Ice Hotel to look at the fantastic ice art, drink and eat from designed ice dishes and experience the unique atmosphere (独特的气氛). Some couples have even got married in the hotel's ice church. But all these guests keep their winter coats on! Because of all the ice, the temperature inside the hotel is always between - 2ºC and - 5ºC. Surprisingly, sleeping is not a problem in the freezing cold hotel rooms. Every guest gets a special cold-weather sleeping bag and some fur blankets. These keep the room cozy and warm until morning.
小题1:What is the main idea of this reading?
A．How the Ice Hotel is built
B．What makes the Ice Hotel special
C．Why the Ice Hotel is made of ice
D．The services of the Ice Hotel
小题2:Why is sleeping NOT a problem in the hotel?
A．the rooms are warmB．the temperature is -2ºC
C．the sleeping bags are warmD．the furniture is warm
小题3:In which part of the hotel would you probably find "plates"?
A．the churchB．the restaurantC．the roomsD．the art gallery
As China becomes increasingly urbanized (城市化), it has to find space for its urban and
rural citizens as both groups become increasingly integrated. Experts suggest a possible model
way may be “re-inventing” a “garden city”.
China’s mega-cities are bursting at the borders and the country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind. It is estimated that by 2025, China will have 400 million more people living in its cities, raising its urban population to 900 million. Besides, new satellite towns are mushrooming on the urban fringes while city ring roads are rippling outwards into the countryside at amazing speed. Satellite maps collected by Professor Joshua Bolchover at the University of Hong Kong bring the problem sharply into focus. They track the changing rural-urban framework in the past 30 years, and suggest that cities are cruelly destroying surrounding rural land and rapidly reducing the amount of arable（可耕种的）land, which gives way to new residential blocks, new industrial zones, new financial centers and the other inevitable signs and signatures of economic growth.
This, however, is not sustainable growth pattern, especially when China has the world’s largest population to feed. So concerned urban planners are starting to note the social and physical effects of diaspora（大移居）when replaced rural communities are forced into the cities.
On the other hand, a trend of thought is gradually taking shape and this is the concept of the “garden city”, a combination of country and city that is being proposed by architects and city planners. Hua Li, from Tao Architects, is among the many professionals with such a voice. His argument is supported by a long-term study on this subject. As Hua says, the answer is to preserve patches of productive farmland within urban boundaries. Less transportation means we have fresh agricultural products at lower costs and less carbon emission in the city. And urban farmland can also be showcased for agricultural tourism and education.
The concept is already practiced at the grassroot level. Agriculture has gone into the air, up to roof and balcony in some communities in the cities. It’s common to see organic “hanging garden” on the roof of some traditional courtyard home. According to some people, the rooftop project translate to tangible (=" practical)" benefits, such as safe, nutritious vegetables, a cooler home in summer. Some say thanks to the tomatoes they plant that are natural insect killers, there’re fewer mosquitoes. Apart from these, it also contributes to better bonding with neighbors. Zhang, a doctor in Beijing, began creating his hanging garden five years ago. Since his garden became home to 30 kinds of vegetables and fruit --- all enough to feed his family, neighbors have enjoyed dropping by for a relaxing chat or just to see how well the lovely vegetables and fruit are doing.
Although people like Zhang are still rare and the greening of roof space with vegetables and fruit takes skill and energy, with more positive media exposure and advanced technology there is the prospect that garden city will become common practice in the near future. By then, cities will no longer look so gray when seen from the satellites.
小题1:What is the purpose of paragraph 2?
A．To show the experts’ concern about the increase of population.
B．To persuade people into supporting economic growth in cities.
C．To explain the reasons for the change of rural-urban framework.
D．To inform the readers of the consequences of quick urbanization.
小题2:In Hua Li’s opinion, a combination of country and city will __________.
A．benefit the environment and lower living costs
B．become a project that needs a long-term study
C．lead to more rural communities being replaced
D．attract more farmers to take tours in cities
小题3: Zhang is mentioned (Paragraph 5) to show that __________.
A．he achieves his dream to own a hanging garden
B．hanging gardens are becoming more popular
C．the garden contributes to a better neighborhood
D．he is a pioneer to practise the gardening concept
小题4:As for the concept of the “garden city”, the writer feels_________.
A．desperateB．hopefulC．disappointedD．concerned
When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob（烤肉串）hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything else．
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack．
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming．
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customers, especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking．
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, and reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plate piled with food．
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large．Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordable but practical as well．
The food especially appeals to health-conscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill （烤肉架）．
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat．
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grilled chicken pieces served with either rice or bread．Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, a kabob consisting of grilled beef．
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious．It is a place that should not be overlooked．
小题1:When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________．
A．is splendidly decoratedB．has pleasant smells of kabobs
C．is crowded with dining tablesD．looks like a common restaurant
小题2:What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?
A．Watching news events on TV．B．Drinking a kind of black coffee．
C．Reading local English newspapers．D．Discussing world topics in low voices．
小题3:The food of the restaurant ________．
A．is served in small amountsB．is rather expensive
C．is rich in varietyD．is very healthy
小题4:What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of?
A．RiceB．ChickenC．BreadD．Beef
小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that the restaurant ________．
A．occupies a large spaceB．owns a favorable location
C．is popular for its special foodD．has a quiet environment inside

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