阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Radio-paging system enables us to be in touch even though we do not have a telephone within easy reach. It is a way of letting us know that something important has just happened and that we must act quickly. The system works through a pager of “beeper”, a small receiver about the size of a packet of cigarettes, which you can keep in your pocket. When people want to get in touch with you, they simply pick up the nearest telephone , dial your personal paging number, and wherever you are in the covered area, your pager will bleep. The bleeping informs you that someone is calling you.

　　Many companies which have personal on business trips have frond that radio-paging improves their competitive position and allows them to be more responsive to a lot of their customers' needs. It also makes a company's business easier by cutting out many unnecessary and expensive journeys that are sometimes made by salesman. This saves time and fuel costs. Doctors can be found immediately and returned to their surgery or hospital, thus possibly saving the life of a very sick patent.

1．We learn from this passage that a pager is ________.

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A．a receiver

B．a small machine that counts pages

C．a small telephone

D．a small radio

2．When people dial your paging number, your pager bleeps ________.

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A．whatever you do

B．wherever you are

C．if you are not beyond a certain distance limit

D．if your telephone line is busy

3．The radio-paging user shall keep this equipment ________.

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4．The pager does good to people except that ________.

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A．it saves money in some way

B．it makes business trips more comfortable

C．it enables companies to meet their customers' needs more quickly

D．it gives company competition advantage

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special dinner was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The people who had settled there had left England because they felt that they did not have religious freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean. The ship which carried them was called the Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were helped in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who lived in the region. The Puritans , as they were called, had much to be thankful for. Their religious practices were no longer a source of attack by the government. They learned to suit their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner and prayer of thankfulness for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women, and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They thought about the 65 days' journey which tested their strength.

1．Thanksgiving Day is a festival ________.

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A．to express thanks and recall the past experiences

B．to worship(膜拜) the god

C．to celebrate an important victory

D．to remember people who died

2．We can conclude from the passage that on a Thanksgiving Day ________.

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A．much food is prepared

B．much work is done

C．much performance is practiced

D．much journey is made

3．The chief reason why people left England for America was that ________.

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A．they wanted to found a new religion

B．they wanted to learn how to farm from the Indians

C．they wanted to escape being attacked by the government

D．they wanted to help the Indians

4．The Indians had ________.

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A．made life difficult for them

B．helped them to become suited to the new life

C．taken their land away

D．been too afraid to talk to them

5．The climate and soil in Massachusetts are ________.

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A．similar to that of England

B．different from that of England

C．similar to that of Plymouth

D．different from that of Plymouth

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The use of cars is becoming more and more popular in the twentieth century. A large number of the world's population is now able to buy and use a car.

　　Having a car gives much mobility(活动余地),enabling the driver to move around freely. The owner of a car is no longer forced to depend on public transport (交通) and does not, therefore, have to work in a place near his home. Instead, he can choose from a greater variety of jobs and he could change his job frequently.

　　Traveling to work by car is also more comfortable than having to use public transport; the driver can use the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer to meet his own need and preference. There is no discomfort caused by waiting for trains, buses or underground trains, etc. With the building of good fast motorways long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly. For the first time in this century also, many people are being able to enjoy their free time to the full by making trips to the country or seaside at weekends, instead of being kept in their immediate neighborhood. This feeling of independence, and the freedom to go wherever you please, is perhaps the greatest advantage of the car.

1．What does the writer suggest about public transport?

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A．It gives less mobility.

B．It only works locally.

C．It enables a variety of jobs.

D．It is becoming more popular.

2．Travelling by buses may be ________.

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A．less comfortable than by underground trains.

B．more comfortable than by other.

C．less comfortable than by other public transport.

D．less comfortable than cars.

3．What does the writer think of having a car of your own?

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A．It offers lots of advantages.

B．It has lots of independence.

C．It gives the feeling of freedom.

D．It offers free trips.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Some parents have no freedom. Their children say, “Jump,” and they jump. They say, “The kids are driving us crazy.” Yet, they do nothing about it. They let their children give them orders. They do everything for their children. They do things that the children could easily do for themselves. These parents often give in to their children. Then they are angry and shout at their children. They feel bad and say, “I'm sorry.” They beg the children to act better. They become their children's slaves.

　　Some parents think that being a slave is being a good parent. They may even believe that parents should be unhappy. One group of parents does not agree. They believe that parents have certain rights. These rights are given here:

1．Parents can say no.

2．Parents can say “because I said so.”

3．Parents can be angry.

4．Parents can let children cry sometimes.

5．Parents can punish children.

6．Parents can beat their children.

7．Parents can be selfish at times.

8．Parents can be alone when they need to be.

9．Parents can be unfair at times.

10．Parents can change their minds.

11．Parents can make mistakes.

12．Parents can raise their children in their own way.

　　Parent power is good for parents. It is also good for children. It makes them feel loved and cared for. This will help them to be good parents someday.

1．One sentence in Paragraph 1 is “Yet they do nothing about it”. Who are “they”?

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2．How are some parents like slaves to their children?

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A．They beg their children to act better.

B．They shout at their children.

C．They do nothing for their children.

D．They do things that their children cannot do themselves.

3．Why is parent power good for children?

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A．It makes them change their minds.

B．It will help them to be good parents someday.

C．They get everything they want.

D．They will be selfish themselves.

4．What is the opposite of a slave?

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阅读理解

　　Humans not only love eating ice cream, they enjoy feeding it to their pets. Market studies show that two thirds of all dog owners give ice cream to their dogs. Unfortunately, says William Tyznik, an expert on animal nutrition (营养) at Ohio State University, ice cream is not good for dogs. “It has milk sugar in it,” He says,“which dogs cannot digest very well. ”

　　Bothered (拓扰) by that knowledge but aware (having idea) of the desire of dog owners to please their companions, Tyznik invented a new frozen treat for dogs that, he says, in more nutritious that ice cream-and as much fun to eat. The product, called Frosty Paws, is made of a liquid byproduct(副产品) of cheese and milk with the sugar removed. Frosty Paws also contains refined soy flour, water, vegetable oil, vitamins and minerals. It took Tyznic, who has also invented a horse food (called Tizwhiz) and another dog food (named Tizbits), three years to perfect the Frosty Paws formula, and two attempts, to commercialize it. After losing $ 25,000 trying to market the invention himself, Tyznik sold the rights to Associated Ice Cream of Westerville. Ohio, which makes the product and packages it in cups.

　　Tyznik claims that Frosty Paws has been tested extensively and that “dogs love it. ”Of , 1,400 dogs that have been offered the product, he says, 89 percent took it on the first try. Three out of four preferred it to Mild-Bone or sausages. The ■section of supermarkets, comes in packs of three or four cups ,costing between $ 1.39 and $ 1.79.

　　What would happen if a human should mistake Frosty Paws for real ice cream? Nothing says Tyznik. It's harmless , but frankly , he says , it won's taste very good.

1．Two thirds of all dog owners give ice cream to their dogs because ________.

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A．they take pleasure in doing this

B．they can't find and other dog food on the market

C．ice cream is cheap on the market

D．ice cream is easy to digest

2．For dogs, Frosty Paws ________.

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A．is sweeter than ice cream

B．tastes much better than ice cream

C．is healthier than ice cream

D．looks much more attractive than ice cream

3．With the invention of Frosty Pawas, Tyznik ________.

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A．made a big fortune

B．lost all the money he had

C．became very famous overnight

D．provided a tasty food for dogs.

4．Humans ________.

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A．like the taste of Frosty Paws, too

B．may find the taste of Frosty Paws not so good

C．may get poisoned by Frosty Paws

D．often mistake Frosty Paws for real ice cream

阅读理解

　　What we believe depend on our view of the world. For example if we ask, “When was America discovered?” Most of us would think of Christopher Columbus in 1492．But Chinese children learn that Hui Shen, a Buddhist monk (僧侣) , got to America 1,000 years earlier than Columbus. Who was printing invented by and in which year was in invented? You at once think of Guterberg in 1436, but Chinese children learn that it was invented by Bi Sheng in 1041.

　　Whose invention is spaghetti (面条)? It's the invention of the Italians, you might say. Wrong again. The Chinese had it before them. Where and when was the compass(指南针)invented? Answer: in China in 200 BC. Where was silk-making invented? Not in Persia, as you might think, but in China. Which was the first country to put a man into space and who was he? The Soviet Union, you will say and the man's name was Yuri Gagarin. But according to the Chinese, Wan Hu made it long before, Yuri. When, do you think-In 1500 AD! He sat in a chair attached to 47 rockets, holding a very big kite which would help him return to earth. He never came back!

1．The best title of the passage is ________.

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2．Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

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A．Christpher Columbus went to America following Hui Shen

B．Bi Sheng invented printing in 1041

C．People wanted to enter space a long time ago

D．Columbus discovered America in 1492

3．What can we infer from the passage?

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A．Chinese children are always taught differently

B．Chinese people did everything first

C．Spaghetti is a favorite food all over the world

D．Different people have different ideas about things.

4．The underlined word “view”means ________.

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阅读理解

　　Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and a convenient way to travel to many parts of the world. Today, experts say that nearly two-thirds of the world's population live within eighty kilometers of the seacoast.

　　In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources (资源) to help mankind live on. Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man's needs.

　　The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology are impressive. Oil and gas exploration have existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable amounts of minerals such as iron, copper and so on exist on the ocean floor, ready to be mined.

　　Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture of fish and shellfish is an ancient skill practiced in the past mainly by Oriental peoples.

　　Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves offer possible use as a source of energy such as hydroelectric power.

　　Technology is enabling man to explore ever deeper under the sea. The new undersea technology is providing divers with diving suits and undersea chambers that are kept at sea-level pressure. The development of strong, new materials has made this possible.

　　The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. By the year 2000, experts believe that the problems to exploit the food, minerals, and energy sources of the sea will be largely solved.

1．Why does the author mention a steamship?

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A．To express that man can make use of sources of energy from the sea.

B．To argue that man should use steamships more than other means of transportation.

C．To show that a steamship is better than other kinds of ship.

D．To show that it is warmer in the ocean than on land.

2．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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A．technology for exploring the sea has been solved.

B．in the near future man can live on the ocean floor.

C．planting rice in the sea will be made possible in a short time.

D．man hasn't completely developed the riches of the sea

3．According to the author, technology for exploring the sea is important because ________.

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A．it's a lot of fun diving into the sea

B．ancient people used to explore the sea

C．resorses on land are running short

D．man cannot travel farther into space

4．The word “harvest ”in the last paragraph could be replaced by ________.

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阅读理解

　　There are two basic differences between the large and the small firm. In the small firm you operate primarily through personal contacts. In the large firm you have established“固体的程序”. In the small firm you have, moreover, immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions right away, once you are a little above the ground floor. In the large firm even the man at the top is only a cog (嵌齿) in a big machine. To be sure , his actions affect a much greater area than the actions and decisions of the man in the some all organization, but his effectiveness is remote, indirect, and difficult to see at first sight. In a small and even in a middle-sized business you are normally exposed to all kinds of experiences, and expected to do a great many things without too much help or guidance. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In the large one it is of becoming the man who knows more and more about less and less.

　　There is one other important thing to consider : do you derive a deep sense of satisfaction from being a member of a well-known organization-General Motors, the Bell Telephone System, the government? Or is it more important to you to be a well-known and important figure within your own small pond? There is a basic difference between the satisfaction that comes from being a member of a large, powerful, and generally known organization, and the one that comes from being a member of a family; between impersonal grandeur (伟大) and personal-often much too personal-intimacy (亲密); between life in a small office on the top floor or a skyscraper and life in a crossroads gas station.

1．In a large enterprise, ________.

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A．new technology is employed quickly

B．all people work efficiently

C．one's effectiveness is felt very slowly

D．one can get promotion easily

2．In the first paragraph, a“jack-of-all-trades”means ________

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A．a person who doesn't know anything about business

B．a person who is very capable as a businessman

C．a person who knows a little bit of everything

D．a person who is very knowledgeable about trade

3．We can conclude from the first paragraph that the writer ________.

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A．prefers to work for a large firm

B．does not mention his own preference

C．prefers to work for a small firm

D．is against anything that goes to its extreme

4．In the second. paragraph , the contrast (对比) between the organization and the family is employed to show ________.

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A．how necessary a deep sense of satisfaction is

B．what satisfaction means to different types of people

C．how families may differ from one another

D．what large firm can offer to ordinary families

阅读理解

　　By far the most common snake in Britain in the adder(蝰蛇).In Scotland, in fact, there are no other kinds of poisonous snakes. It can be found almost anywhere, but it prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.

　　Most people regard snake bites as deadly, but not all bites are serious, and very few are deadly. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself , with someone heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.

　　All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened  of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally, or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close.

　　The effect of a bite varied considerably. It depends upon several things, one of which is the body-weight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be. Which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A healthy person will also have better resistance against the poison.

　　Very few people actually die from snake bites in Britain, and though these bites can make some people very will, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or not effect, as there are of serious illness.

1．Adders are to be found ________.

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A．in many parts of Britain and Ireland

B．everywhere in Britain except Scotland

C．on wild ladn throughout Britain except Ireland

D．in shady fields in Scotland

2．If you are with someone who is bitten by an adder, you should ________.

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A．try to catch the adder

B．make no attempt to treat the bite by yourself

C．not worry about the victim

D．operate on him as soon as possible

3．We are told that adders are ________,

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A．normally friendly towards people

B．unlikely to bite except in self-defense

C．fond of attacking anyone in their territory

D．not afraid of human beings

4．In general, British people think snakes are ________.

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A．not very common in Britain

B．not all very dangerous

C．capable of killing people by their bites

D．no threat to human beings.

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a woman's life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances (家用电器) and convenience foods.

　　This important change in women's way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.

1．According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married ________ .

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A．at about twenty-five

B．in their early fifteen

C．as soon as possible after they were fifteen

D．at any age from fifteen to forty-five

2．We are told that in an average family about 1900 ________ .

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A．many children died before they were five

B．the youngest child would be fifteen

C．seven or eight children lived to be more than five

D．four or five children died when they were five

3．When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother ________ .

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A．would expect to work until she died

B．was usually expected to die fairly soon

C．would be healthy enough to take up paid employment

D．was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one

4．Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to ________ .

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A．marry so that they can get a job

B．leave school as soon as they can

C．give up their jobs for good after they are married

D．continue working until they are going to have a bandy

5．According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ________ .

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A．stay at home after leaving school

B．marry men younger than themselves

C．start working again later in life

D．marry while still at school