In 1864, Lincoln was elected President of United States for the second time. A. the; the B. a; a C. /; the D. /; / 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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In 1864, Lincoln was elected ________ President of ________ United States for the second time.

A. the; the

B. a; a

C. /; the

D. /; /

答案：C
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Soon there was a Mother’s Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world.
Anna Jarvis, a sad and disillusioned（失望的） woman, died in 1948. The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business. Like Christmas, the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million-dollar industry.
【小题1】The story is about .

A．Mothering Sunday for Christmas

B．the origin of a special day for mothers

C．President Wilson and Anna Jarvis

D．how people celebrate Mothers Day

【小题2】Anna Jarvis wanted to .

A．thank her mother for her care

B．introduce a celebration for mothers

C．meet thousands of important people

D．make her pupils celebrate her on Mother’s Day

【小题3】May 10 became the date for Mother’s Day because .

A．May is in the American spring

B．it was the second Sunday in May in 1910

C．President Wilson liked the date

D．this was the date on which Anna Jarvis’s mother died

【小题4】Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was not happy with Mother’s Day when she died because .

A．her mother was not there to see it

B．she had never been a mother herself

C．people were too interested in making it a business

D．no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers

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Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women.
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【小题1】 Why couldn’t women become teachers easily? Because___________

A．the first profession open to them was writing.

B．most schools and colleges were open only to men.

C．they wanted to be nurses instead.

D．they had to work in the business world.

【小题2】The article is mainly about __________.

A．women are in the business world

B．the famous Bronte sisters

C．schools and colleges in America

D．rights for American women

【小题3】Which fact does the article lead you to believe?

A．The Bronte sisters thought that they were men.

B．England’s first training school for nurses was in Ohio.

C．There are more men than women in professional jobs.

D．Women find it necessary to work harder than before.

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A．Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Discovered .

B．Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Brought Back .

C．Qi Baishi’s Painting Sets an Auction Record .

D．The Value of Qi Baishi’s Paintings Is on the Increase .

【小题2】Whose artwork sold for the highest price on the mainland ?

A．Qi Baishi’s .	B．Huang Tingjian’s .
C．Xu Beihong’s .	D．Zhang Daqian’s .

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【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE ?

A．Qi finished the painting when he was young .

B．The painting was once stolen by an American .

C．The owner of this painting Liu Yiqian gained a lot of money .

D．Pablo Picasso’s works ranked second in sales to Qi’s last year .

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A．computer book	B．library guide
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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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61. The author refers to the impact of railroads before the late 1860’s as “limited” because
A. the track did not take the direct route from one city to the next?
B. passengers and freight had to transfer to other modes of transportation to reach western destinations              C. passengers preferred stagecoaches
D. railroad travel was quite expensive
62. What can be inferred about coaches and wagon freighters as the railroad expanded?
A. They developed competing routes.
B. Their drivers refused to work for the railroads.?
C. They began to specialize in private investment.?
D. There were insufficient numbers of trained people to operate them.
63. Why does the author mention the Sierra Nevada in line 17? ?
A. To argue that a more direct route to the West could have been taken.??
B. To identify a historically significant mountain range in the West.?
C. To point out the location of a serious train accident.?
D. To give an example of an obstacle faced by the central pacific.
64. The word “subsidy” in line 27 is closest in meaning to_____.?
A. persuasion             B. financing              C. explanation           D. penalty ?

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1. Why couldn’t women become teachers easily? Because___________

A. the first profession open to them was writing.

B. most schools and colleges were open only to men.

C. they wanted to be nurses instead.

D. they had to work in the business world.

2. The article is mainly about __________.

A. women are in the business world

B. the famous Bronte sisters

C. schools and colleges in America

D. rights for American women

3. Which fact does the article lead you to believe?

A. The Bronte sisters thought that they were men.

B. England’s first training school for nurses was in Ohio.

C. There are more men than women in professional jobs.

D. Women find it necessary to work harder than before.

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