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阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Opinion polls (民意测验) are now beginning to show an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the employment more widely.

　　But we need to go further. We must ask some questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to make the household and the neighbourhood, as well as the factory and the office, centres of production and work?

　　The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed (翻转). This seems a discouraging thought, but, in fact, it could offer a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.

　　Employment became widespread when the enclosure (圈地运动) of the 17^th and 18^th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving (剥夺) them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people travelled longer distances to their places of employment until, in the end, many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.

　　Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.

　　All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.

1．We know from the passage that ________.

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A．the formal jobs were not suited to the people who were self-respecting

B．a poor agricultural age would come to an end

C．the effort to create jobs for all is practical

D．men will probably do the unpaid work

2．The author used the enclosures of the 17^th and 18^th centuries to show ________.

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A．the industrial age was much more advanced than agricultural age

B．it was one of the changing patterns of work

C．the industrial age provided people a better living for themselves

D．its importance in the industrial age

3．What does the passage suggest?

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A．We should offer women more chances to set them free from heavy housework.

B．Only by sharing all the employment can we make the world believe in justice.

C．As modern industry develops, people will find more chances of being employed.

D．We should now reexamine our thinking and admit being employed is not the only kind of work.

4．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．university students will take work as jobs

B．the society will offer more jobs for people

C．the end of industrial age will be better

D．women's social position will be raised

阅读理解

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　If you want to know British culture, you'd better know something about her wedding customs. Here are some very famous, popular rhymes:

　　Monday for wealth

　　Tuesday for health

　　Wednesday the best day of all

　　Thursday for losses

　　Friday for crosses

　　Saturday for no luck at all

　　Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind and true.

　　When February birds to mate, you wed nor dread your fate.

　　If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.

　　Marry in April when you can, joy for maiden and for man.

　　Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue (后悔) the day.

　　Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go.

　　Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bread.

　　Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see.

　　Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine.

　　If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry (延迟).

　　If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.

　　When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.

　　Married in White, you have chosen right,

　　Married in Blue, your love will always be true,

　　Married in Pearl, you will live in whirl (混乱),

　　Married in Brown, you will live in town,

　　Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead.

　　Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,

　　Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,

　　Married in Pink, your spirit will sink,

　　Married in Grey, you will go far away,

　　Married in Black, you will wish yourself back.

　　To change the name and not the (first ) letter

　　Is to change for the worst and not the better

1．Generally, what day is the busiest wedding day in Britain?

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2．At a wedding, the bride's white dress means ________.

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A．I'm pure and honest

B．he's the very fellow I'm after

C．he's lucky to many me

D．we'll live together happily and luckily

3．Which of the following is the best date for wedding in UK?

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A．Dec. 13, 2003/ Sat.

B．Sep. 5, 2003/ Fri.

C．Jan. 20, 2003/ Mon.

D．Dec. 3, 2003/ Mon.

4．What does the last rhyme Surname suggest?

[　　]

A．You'd better not change your first name for your husband's.

B．A family name and a first name are both very important.

C．It is thought unlucky for a woman to marry a man whose surname begins with the same letter as hers.

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　　Anne Whitmey, a sophomore (大二学生) at Colorado State University, first had a problem with taking tests when she began college. “I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear I couldn't think of the answers.”

　　The young student was experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The students can not write or think clearly because of the great nervousness. Although poor scores are often results of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes low scores. Recently test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.

　　Special university counseling (辅导) courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their nervousness. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease and learn information which then comes out without difficulty in a test.

　　An expert at the University of California explains, “With almost all students, relaxation is felt after taking our program. Most of them have better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvements. With some, the improvement is very great.”

1．To “blank out” in the first paragraph is probably ________.

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A．to be like a blanket

B．to be sure of an answer

C．to be unable to think clearly

D．to show knowledge to the teacher

2．Poor scores are usually the results of ________, but can also be caused by test anxiety.

[　　]

A．poor hygienic (保健) habits

B．laziness

C．lack of sleep

D．inability to form good study habits

3．To deal with the problem of anxiety, students can ________.

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A．take a short course on anxiety

B．read about anxiety

C．understand their anxiety

D．take tests to prove they are not anxious

4．A university of California counselor said ________.

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A．all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety program

B．almost all students felt less nervous after taking a university of California counseling course

C．students found it difficult to improve even though they had taken a special test anxiety course

D．students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a university of California counseling course

阅读理解

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　　It would be pleasant to believe that all young girls in the past got married for romantic reasons; but the fact is that many of them regarded marriage as their only chance to gain independence from their parents, to have a provider, or to be assured of a good place in society. A couple of generations ago, an old maid of twenty-five did not have much to look forward to, she was more or less fated to remain with her parents or to live in some relative's home where she would help with the chores and the children. Not so any more. In the first place, women remain young much longer than they used to, and an unmarried woman of twenty-eight or thirty does not feel that her life is over. Besides, since she is probably working and supporting herself, she is free to marry only when and if she chooses. As a consequence, today's women tend to marry later in life. They have fewer children or none at all if they prefer to devote themselves to their profession. The result is a decline in the birthrate.

　　The new role that women have developed for themselves has changed family life. Children are raised differently; they spend more tine with adults who are not their parents; baby-sitters, day-care center personal, relatives, or neighbors. Whether they gain or lose in the process is a hotly discussed question. Some child experts believe that young children must spend all their time with their mother if they are to grow sound in body and mind. Others maintain that children get more from a mother who spends with them “quality time” (a time of fun and relaxation set aside for them) rather than hours of forced and unhappy baby-sitting. And many child experts point out that children kept in day-care centers every day are brighter then those raised at home. No matter what it is, one thing about child raising to be certain of is that the linger the child is with the mother, the better.

1．It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

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A．women today have developed a new role in family life

B．the birthrate is declining as a result of women's pursuit of careers

C．women have always been dependent on their parents even after marriage

D．children must spend all their time with their mother if they are to grow sound

2．The change in women's attitude towards marriage result in all of the following EXCEPT ________.

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A．more and more women give up jobs to take care of their children at home.

B．women today tend to marry later than they did

C．women have less time to raise their children

D．more and more families remain childless

3．People have different opinions over the question as to ________.

[　　]

A．how children should be raised

B．where children should be raised

C．whether children should stay with their parents

D．how long children should stay with their parents

4．The author suggests that ________.

[　　]

A．working women should not have children

B．children should be kept in day-care centers all the time

C．young children should stay with their mothers as long as possible

D．women should leave their work to look after their children at home

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, flexible, and do not make mistakes. As one banker said, “Unlike humans, computers never have a bad day.” And they are honest. Many banks advertise that their transactions are untouched by human hands “and therefore safe from human temptation”. Obviously, computers have no reason to steal money. But they also have no conscience, and the growing number of computer crimes shows they can be used to steal.

　　Computer criminals don't use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to punish them because there are no witness and often no evidence. A computer cannot remember who used it; it simply does what it is told. The head teller at a New York City bank used a computer to steal more than one and a half billion dollars in just four year. No one noticed this theft because he moved the money from one account to another. Each time a customer he had robbed questioned the balance in his account, the teller claimed a computer error, then replaced the missing money from someone else's account. This man was caught only because he was a gambler. When the police broke up an illegal gambling operation, his name was in the records.

　　Some employees use the computer's power to get revenge on employers they consider unfair. Recently, a large insurance company fired its computer-tape librarian for reasons that involved her personal rather than her professional life. She was given thirty days' notice. In those thirty days, she erased all the company's computerized records.

　　Most computer criminals have been minor employees. Now police wonder if this is “the tip of the iceberg”. As one official says, “I have a feeling that there is more crime out there than we are catching. What we are seeing now is all so poorly done. I wonder what the real experts are doingthe one who really know how a computer works.”

1．Which feature of computers makes computer theft possible?

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A．They are fast, flexible and accurate.

B．They usually “feels good.”

C．They have no conscience.

D．They are honest.

2．A certain head teller at a New York City bank was exposed when ________.

[　　]

A．his name was found in illegal gambling records

B．he was replacing the missing money from someone else's account

C．a customer questioned the balance in his account

D．the police broke up an illegal gambling operation

3．According to the passage, which of the following might explain the reasons for some other computer crimes?

[　　]

4．What conclusion can a reader draw from the passage ________.

[　　]

A．Computer criminals are minor employees

B．Of all crime, computer theft is but the tip of the iceberg

C．Computer crimes are all so poorly done

D．There is more computer crime out there committed by real experts

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　“I ask you to drink to his health as a young man full of the spirit of adventure who has lit up the world with a flash of courage.” With these words, the British Minister of Air turned and raised his glass to the young man who sat beside himyoung man who, only a month before, was completely unknown. Yet on that summer day in 1927 his name was on the world's lipsCharles Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic alone.

　　He had been an air mail pilot, flying back and forth between Chicago and the city of St. Louis. Determined to win the $ 25,000 prize offered by a fellow-American for the first flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh had persuaded a group of St. Louis businessmen to finance the building of a special plane for him.

　　The news that Lindbergh intended to fly the Atlantic alone was received with disbelief. The plane would never fly, people said. It would run out of fuel. It had only a single engine. Lloyds of London refused to insure the flight. Men called Lindbergh the “flying fool”.

　　But on May 20^th, 1927, just after ten to eight in the morning, Lindbergh's “Spirit of St. Louis”, heavily laden with fuel, struggled into the air from a New York airfield. For several hours the weight of the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-tops. Night came and thick fog covered up the stars. Lindbergh flew steadily on, hoping that his course was the right one. He struggled to keep awake, checking the fuel all the time to keep his mind active. Throughout the next day the “Spirit of St. Louis” flew on over the seemingly limitless sea. Then a fishing boat appeared, and, an hour later, land. It was Ireland. Lindbergh set a compass course for Paris.

　　By ten o'clock the lights of France's capital were shining beneath him. Tired, unshaved, suddenly hungry, the “flying fool” came down to Le Bourget airport, and landed in front of a huge crowd of wildly cheering people. After 34 hours of continuous piloting, the flight of 3,600 miles was over.

1．The British Minister of Air ________.

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A．praised Lindbergh for his intelligence

B．encouraged Lindbergh to be more adventurous

C．congratulated Lindbergh for his bravery

D．warned Lindbergh not to fly alone

2．“His name was on the world's lips” means ________.

[　　]

A．everybody was drinking to his health

B．everybody was jumping about because of him

C．he became suddenly umpopular

D．everybody was talking about him

3．Which of the following is true?

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A．Nobody at all believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic.

B．Everybody knew that Lindbergh was very brave and adventurous.

C．People didn't believe that Lindbergh really meant to fly the Atlantic alone.

D．Everybody believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic at all.

4．The “Spirit of St. Louis” here refers to ________.

[　　]

A．the plane Lindbergh flew in

B．the “flying fool”

C．the hope of the people of St. Louis

D．the city of St. Louis

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　South Africa is a troubled land. It is rich in gold, uranium, and diamonds. It has modern cities like Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. But it also has a severe race problem.

　　How did this come about? South Africa has about 16 million people. Nearly 11 million are Negroes. About three million are white. Most of them are of Dutch descent; the rest are of English descent. About two million people are Asians or are of mixed blood.

　　But the people of Dutch descent, called Afrikaners control the government. The blacks cannot vote. The Afrikaners keep the races separated. This policy is called apartheidaprtness. Most of the world's nations are against apartheid.

　　Apartheid means that the blacks must live on “reserves” that make up only a small part of the land. They are very poor. Some go to the cities to find a better life. But often they must work in the mines for a little money. They are also forced to live apart from the whites. To enter a white area, they must have a pass book. If they do not have a pass book, they can be arrested. Because of the rough treatment, most of South Africa's blacks (and other no-whites) are against white rule. They want to rule themselves.

　　Also, some white people in South Africa do not like the way the blacks are treated. Of them is the country's greatest writer, Alan Paton. Paton used to be a school teacher. Later he became principle of a reform school. While on a trip to Europe in 1946, he got the ideas for his book Cry, the Beloved Country. It is a strong call for justice for the black people of South Africa. It is considered one of the greatest books of recent times.

1．The author's purpose is ________.

[　　]

A．to praise Alan Paton

B．to explain the race problems in South Africa

C．to create interest in Cry, the Beloved Country

D．to tell about the population of South Africa

2．From the information in the article, you could say that ________.

[　　]

A．Alan Paton is for apartheid

B．South Africa's blacks are treated fairly

C．apartheid is favoured throughout the world

D．less than half of the population in South Africa is white

3．South Africa is a troubled land because ________.

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A．it has modern cities

B．it has rich mineral resources

C．it has a severe race problem

D．most of the population are Negroes

4．A word opposite in meaning to “rough”is ________.

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阅读理解

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　　One of the best-known proverbs must be “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retirers and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the Unites States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people; and it appears that in many places more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.

　　Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent yeas. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Keneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively many other authors have followed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards: of the hard and tiring marathons (马拉松) that are sponsored (发起) all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon.

　　Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, “You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?” A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, “Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down till it passes.”

1．The first paragraph indicated that medical workers ________.

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A．are in great demand

B．make a lot of money

C．are concerned with their won health

D．like sports more than ordinary people

2．In the United State medical treatment is ________.

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3．Aerobics is a book about ________.

[　　]

4．The examples of conversation in the last paragraph are used ________.

[　　]

A．to prove that people are tired of old conversation

B．to prove that the writer was a good runner

C．to show people's interest in exercise

D．to show the writer's love for travel

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Are all your photographs good? Be honest with yourself. Aren't some of your pictures too dark, and others too light? How many times have you thrown away a photo? We, the Fine Photograph Club, can help you. We meet every Wednesday in Bridge Street. At 7:30 p. m., a member of the club or a visitor gives a talk, and then we have coffee. Our members will recommend (推荐) all the latest cameras and films to you. They will help you to develop your own films or enlarge your pictures at the club. What does it all cost? Only ￡ 5 a year.

　　Photography is now big business. Do you know, for example, that there are 5 million cameras in our country and that 700 million photographs are taken a year, more than one third of which in color? Think of the amount of photography in television, the cinema, newspapers, books, advertising and so on. In modern life people learn a lot from pictures, so photography is more and more important but at the same time more expensive than it used to be.

　　You may only want to take good photographs of “faces and places.” If so, we help you go get better results. You needn't waste any more money. You may want to learn more about photography and how it is used. If so, join the club. You won't be disappointed. Write now to the Secretary, Fine Photograph Club, No X, Bridge street.

1．You are asked to be honest so that you can ________.

[　　]

A．say if your photos are good or bad

B．find a photo you have thrown away

C．help the Fine Photograph Club

D．understand the latest cameras and films

2．The Fine Photograph Club will be able to help you. The reason for this is that ________.

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A．you are a bad photographer

B．it costs very little to be a member of it

C．you can develop your films

D．the club does many things for its members

3．According to the passage, usually the members come to the club ________.

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A．very often during the week

B．four times a month

C．in their spare time

D．at 7:30 every Wednesday evening

4．If you join the club, ________.

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A．you will learn how to develop your own films

B．it will explain to you how photography works

C．it will recommend all the latest cameras and films to you

D．All of the above

阅读理解

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　　In the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, all hurricanes are now given girl's names.

　　For years hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the Saint's (圣人) Day on which the hurricane occurred. An example is the “Santa Ana” hurricane which struck Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825 and “San Felipe” (1876) and “San Felipe” (1928) which passed over Puerto Rico on September 3．Early in last century an Australian weatherman named hurricanes in his area after political figures he disliked. Another method of identifying (识别) hurricanes was the phonetic (语音的) alphabet used by the army during World War Ⅰ (Able - Baker - Charlie - etc). The oldest method is the more difficult latitude - longitude (经纬度) description. The first written mention of lady hurricanes may have been in the novel Storm, by George R Steward (1941). During World War Ⅱ the practice of giving the storms girls names became more widespread.

1．Hurricanes were probably first given girls' names in ________.

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2．The oldest method of naming hurricanes was ________.

[　　]

A．identifying them by using a phonetic alphabet

B．giving them the name of the saint on whose religious day they occurred

C．identifying them according to their longitude and latitude description

D．giving them the name of a political figure

3．The practice of naming hurricanes after saints' days began ________.

[　　]

A．in the North Atlantic area

B．in the North Pacific area

C．in Australia

D．in the Caribbean

4．The weatherman who named hurricanes after politicians did so ________.

[　　]

A．in the early 1800s

B．in the mid 1900s

C．in the early 1900s

D．during the Second World War