题目内容
Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects including some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour(吞食、毁灭)all our crops and kill our cattle, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beats who eat insects, but all of them put together kill only a very small amount of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.
How many spiders are engaged in the work on our behalf? One authority on spiders made a research of the spiders and found that there were more than 2250000 in one acre; that is something like 6000000 spiders of different kinds on a football field. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by the spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all human beings in the country.
(1)Spiders should be our friends, because ________.
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A.they only eat harmful insects
B.they are great insect-eating animals
C.they destroy large numbers of insects which do harm to the human race
D.their harmfulness is the least
(2)The difference between spiders and insects is that ________.
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A.insects have only six legs
B.insects only eat plants
C.spiders eat insects
D.spiders have more legs than insects
(3)One authority on spiders estimated ________.
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A.that there were more than 2250000 insects in a grass field in the south of England
B.that every football field in England had 6000000 spiders
C.the quantity of different spiders in England was very big
D.that there were 6000000 kinds of spiders on a football field
(4)In the last sentence the writer means ________.
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A.experts on spiders know exactly how much spi ders eat in one year
B.experts on spiders can only make an estimation of the weight of insects eaten by spiders
C.authority on spiders know the weight of all the people in England
D.authority on spiders know both the weight of the insects eaten by spiders and the weight of people in England
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
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A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
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(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
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(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
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(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
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(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
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(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
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(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
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(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
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(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
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(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
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(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
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(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
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(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
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(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
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(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
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(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
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(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
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(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
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(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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完形填空 :通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在1—25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出 一个最佳答案。
When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a 1 that is not so foolish 2 it may seem. For I 3 that many students of English 4 far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and 5 and for a long time 6 remember the story, but do not care to study the 7 of words and 8 in it. For instance, they care for the memory of 9 the mystery (神秘) in the story is solved, but do not remember a 10 sentence in the story and cannot 11 what preposition is used before or after a certain 12 in the speech of a 13 character.
Of course, it is all right to read and enjoy and 14 a story, and so 15 as one wants to 16 the story only, one need not bother (费心) about the language. But the case is quite different with a 17 of English. I mean a student of English is different from a student of stories or 18 is called the general reader.
As you may also have 19 from the above, you ought to read very 20. Not only very carefully but also aloud, and that again and again 21 you know the passage by heart and can 22 it as if it were your own. Positively (正面) this will teach you many 23 words and phrases; negatively (负面) it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression. Incidentally I have found from 24 that intelligent copying is a help to 25 by heart.
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(1) A. question |
B. fact |
C. thing |
D. story |
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(2) A. since |
B. as |
C. when |
D. while |
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(3) A. discover |
B. see |
C. find |
D. feel |
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(4) A. give |
B. take |
C. keep |
D. pay |
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(5) A. like |
B. admire |
C. think |
D. enjoy |
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(6) A. afterwards |
B. forwards |
C. before |
D. ago |
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(7) A. meaning |
B. use |
C. difference |
D. structure |
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(8) A. title |
B. paragraphs |
C. phrases |
D. sentences |
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(9) A. when |
B. where |
C. why |
D. how |
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(10) A. simple |
B. long |
C. single |
D. compound |
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(11) A. tell |
B. understand |
C. realize |
D. notice |
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(12) A. sentence |
B. word |
C. noun |
D. adjective |
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(13) A. strange |
B. curious |
C. great |
D. certain |
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(14) A. remember |
B. forget |
C. study |
D. make |
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(15) A. short |
B. long |
C. hard |
D. little |
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(16) A. read |
B. tell |
C. know |
D. recite |
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(17) A. student |
B. teacher |
C. master |
D. boy |
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(18) A. that |
B. what |
C. which |
D. how |
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(19)A. collected |
B. got |
C. reached |
D. gathered |
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(20) A. silently |
B. carefully |
C. slowly |
D. fast |
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(21) A. till |
B. as |
C. since |
D. when |
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(22) A. keep |
B. read |
C. recite |
D. learn |
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(23) A. useful |
B. important |
C. lively |
D. necessary |
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(24) A. experiment |
B. others |
C. past |
D. experience |
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(25) A. remembering |
B. learning |
C. knowing |
D. using |
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完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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A.understands |
B.studies |
C.visits |
D.calls |
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2. |
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A.looking |
B.living |
C.telephoning |
D.sleeping |
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3. |
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A.table |
B.floor |
C.car |
D.computer |
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4. |
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A.later |
B.ago |
C.before |
D.earlier |
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5. |
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A.open |
B.broken |
C.down |
D.gone |
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6. |
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A.information |
B.photos |
C.names |
D.letters |
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A.coming |
B.return |
C.written |
D.waste |
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8. |
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A.when |
B.before |
C.after |
D.till |
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9. |
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A.received |
B.accepted |
C.picked up |
D.heard from |
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10. |
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A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
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11. |
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A.money |
B.post |
C.spoken |
D.bank |
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12. |
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A.record |
B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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13. |
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A.decide |
B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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14. |
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A.service |
B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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15. |
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A.day |
B.hour |
C.time |
D.way |
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16. |
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A.looked for |
B.looked after |
C.called at |
D.called on |
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17. |
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A.unmber |
B.income |
C.saving |
D.cost |
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18. |
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A.bought |
B.tried |
C.saw |
D.picked |
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19. |
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A.found |
B.paid |
C.passed |
D.changed |
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20. |
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A.bus |
B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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21. |
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A.shared |
B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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22. |
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A.excited |
B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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23. |
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A.how |
B.when |
C.whether |
D.why |
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24. |
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A.things |
B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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25. |
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A.life |
B.country |
C.city |
D.family |