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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Charlie was sent to repair the telephone in a college. He stopped his car outside the gate and walked through a wide boulevard(林荫道) while a professor and his students were standing around the college flagpole(旗帜) in front of the teaching building. He stopped to watch what they were doing there.

　　“We need to know how high the flagpole is,”said the professor to his students.“Who has a better way to calculate(计算) it?”

　　The young men began to discuss it. They found several ways, but the professor negated(否定) them all. Charlie began to laugh and came up to the flagpole.

　　“Watch!”said the young man. He laid the flagpole on the ground and measured it with a tape and then said, “Exactly 15．12 metres.”Then he replaced the pole and walked away.

　　“What a silly (愚蠢的) idea!” the professor said angrily.“We wonder how high it is. But he gave us the length!”

1．Charlie was a ________.

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2．Charlie went to the college ________.

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3．Charlie laughed because ________.

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A．he thought the professor was silly

B．he could easily know the flagpole's height

C．he was good at maths

D．he knew more than the professor

4．The word “tape”in the passage is ________.

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阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　A female panda, which fell into the Dadu River was rescued by the villagers in Luding County (县), Sichuan Province and now is at the Chendu Zoo, fully recovered (康复). The panda was named Lu Lu in honour of(以纪念) the county where she was rescued.

　　In early October, when villagers came to the banks of the Dadu as usual to cut firewood, they found a thing floating in the water. As soon as they realized it was a panda struggling to get out, they jumped into the river to save the panda. They finally managed to(设法，成功地)pull it onto the bank with ropes and poles. They wrapped(包裹)it in their own clothes to keep it warm. Local officials, who praised the villagers for their rescue, said the panda probably slid into the river while coming down one of the mountains nearby.

1．The word“rescue”in the passage may mean “________”.

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2．The panda was named Lu Lu ________.

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A．because it was rescued in the Dadu River

B．to remember the county where she was rescued

C．to thank the villages who saved her

D．because she fell into the river

3．What did the villagers come to the banks for?

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A．To search for some children of the panda

B．To help the panda out.

C．To get in crops.

D．To cut firewood.

4．The best title of this passage is: ________.

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A．The Brave Villagers

B．Where the Panda Lu Lu Came From

C．A Female PandaLu Lu

D．Panda Rescued From River

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　In 1826,a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.

　　The next important date in the history of photography was 1837．That year, Daguerre, another French, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

　　Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.

　　In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

　　Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual becuase they were very life-like and full of personality.

　　Brady was also the first person to take pictures of a war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.

　　In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films ready-made in rolls. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later, meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.

　　With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures“snapshot”.

　　Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.

　　Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

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A．the invention of cameras

B．a kind of new art photography

C．the development of photography

D．the important dates in the history of photography

2．The first pictures of a war were taken by ________.

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A．a French photographer in the 1840s

B．an American photographer in the 1860s

C．a German reporter in the 1880s

D．a French artist in the 1890s

3．The invention of small cameras made it possible for ________.

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A．anyone to be a photographer

B．people to use daguerreotypes

C．the rich to afford to take pictures

D．people to buy films ready-made in rolls

4．Photography can also be an art form because artists can ________.

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A．take anything they like

B．keep a record of real life

C．take photos of the famous

D．show ideas and feelings in pictures

5．According to the passage, which of the following shows the correct order?

a．Photographs became popular in newspapers.

b．Photographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.

c．The invention of small handheld cameras made photography easier.

d．Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.

e．Brady took pictures of famous people.

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　　I don't often lose things and I'm especially careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn't there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay for the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have slipped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. Thinking about that possibility, I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting at the table at the time, so I called a waiter and explained to him that my wallet had fallen out of my pocket while I was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the manager came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I didn't want to get a lot of people mixed up in the problem, but I knew I had to get the wallet back. I told the manager what had happened. He had me describe the wallet to him, and then he insisted that I report the missing wallet to the police. I told him that I didn't particularly want to get the police connected with it; besides, I was in a hurry because I had a date with my doctor in just a few minutes. I explained to him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay the check. He told me not to worry about that. He had me write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill.

1．We can safely say the writer ________.

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2．According to the passage, the writer most probably lost his wallet when ________.

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A．he took it out to pay for the taxi

B．he walked into the restaurant

C．he was eating dinner

D．he was ordering his dish

3．Why did the manager tell the writer not to worry? Because he ________.

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A．was going to report the incident to the police

B．could pay the doctor for the waiter

C．would send a bill for what they had done for him

D．was sure the missing wallet would soon be recovered

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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．

　　The tango has probably traveled further and gone through more changes than almost any other dance. African slaves brought the tango to Haiti and Cuba in the 18th century; in Cuba, the tango was affected by the local Cuban dance, called“the Havana”. From there people from other countries took the tango to Argentina(阿根廷) in the nineteenth century where it was changed once again and became popular in the poor areas. It was an erotic(粗俗的) dance of working-class people by this time, which made it diffcult for middle-class Europeans to accept it.

　　But at the beginning of this century, the tango was refined(加工) so that it was much better. The tango came widespread in England and in the USA.

　　Once accepted, the tango became very popular in London and Paris. People began to follow the Viennese waltz (华尔兹) custom of dancing in restaurants between the courses of a meal. The owners of the restaurants encouraged this for the pleasure of the customers and for the benefit of their digestion(消化). Afternoon“tango tea”appeared everywhere. Latin American music was played for tango.

1．The middle-class Europeans found it hard to accept the tango because ________.

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2．The tango was first brought to ________ by African slaves.

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3．The most suitable title for the passage is ________.

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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．

　　There are all kinds of devices (方法) for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully(有效的). Here's the way I do it.

　　No. 1: Underliningof major points, of important or forceful statements.

　　No. 2: Vertical(竖直的)lines at the margin(书页的空白边缘) to emphasize a statement already underlined.

　　No. 3: Star, asterisk (星状记号), or other marks at the marginto be used economically, to emphasize the ten or twenty most important statements in the book.

　　No. 4: Numbers in the marginto indicate the sequence(系列) of points the author makes in developing a single argument.

　　No. 5: Numbers of the other pages in the marginto indicate where else in the book the author made points related to the point marked; to tie up the ideas in a book, which, though they may be separated by many pages, belong together.

　　No. 6: Circlingof the key words or phrases.

　　No. 7: Writing in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the pagefor the sake of(为了) recording questions(and perhaps answers) which a passage raised in your mind; reducing a complicated discussion to a simple statement; recording the sequence of major points right through the books. I use the end papers at the back of the book to make a personal index(索引)of the author's points in the order of their appearance.

1．The author tells us that the purpose of writing numbers of other pages in the margin is ________.

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A．tying up the ideas belonging together in a book

B．emphasizing the statements

C．indicating the points

D．developing the arguments

2．How to deal with the key words and phrases in marking a book according to the passage?

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3．Why does the reader need to write in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page?

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A．Record questions or answers in his mind.

B．Change a complicated discussion into a simple statement.

C．Record the major points right through a book.

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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．

　　In a certain school there was a young fellow who caused all sorts of trouble. He talked back to his teachers, he refused to do his homework, and he was disrespectful to everyone.

　　Finally, the school master decided to call the young man's father.

　　The father came to the school to see the master and the two of them discussed lots of problems the young fellow was causing. As the master was talking, the telephone rang. He excused himself to the parent and answered it. The person on the other end wanted some information.

　　“Certainly,”said the master. “I have it right here in my desk.”He reached for the desk drawer and opened it. There, much to his surprise, was a big, red book with the name“The Dirty Joke Book”.

　　The father of the student was astonished when he saw the book! “Well, sir,”he said to the master,“I suggest you practise what you tell the students to do!”

　　As it turned out, the master had taken the book from a student, put it in his desk drawer, and he had completely forgotten about it!

　　Needless to say, the master had a lot of explaining to do.

1．The father went to the school because ________.

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A．his son refused to do his homework

B．a young fellow of this school was rude to him

C．He had a lot of problems to discuss with the master

D．his son had caused a lot of trouble at school

2．“The Dirty Joke Book”was ________.

A．the master's

B．the young fellow's

C．the father's

D．some other student's

3．Why was the father astonished when he saw the book?

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A．Because the book was so expensive that few people could own one.

B．Because he thought the master was reading it.

C．Because he hadn't thought his son was so bad as to read such a book.

D．Because he lost it long ago and at last found it there.

4．Who should read“The Dirty Joke Book”?

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5．In the end, the master had to explain ________.

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A．what kind of book“The Dirty Joke Book”was

B．why children should not read such a book

C．that he had not read the book

D．when he took the book from a student

阅读理解

　　Years ago while lying in my hammock(吊床) and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence. Upon looking at it carefully, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor's 10-year-old daughter's rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew today would be not different and feared for our dog, I had to think fast.

　　The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it off with the plastic pipe, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming(修饰，打扮), I jumped over the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written as“natural causes”.

　　Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor's Benz pulled in as usual and out popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time did she stop about six feet away and screamed:“D-A-D-D-Y!!!”

　　Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I rushed to the fence and asked if there was anything I could do.

Her father less than calmly shouted, “What kind of sick person would dig up a little girl's dead rabbit and put it back in its cage?”

1．What the writer did to the rabbit was just ________.

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A．for the little girl

B．to make the rabbit die naturally

C．that he loved the rabbit as well

D．because it would be thought that he had nothing to do with the rabbit

2．The little girl was shocked ________.

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A．at the rabbit's death

B．because of such a clean rabbit

C．that the rabbit was in the cage, dead

D．when she saw her rabbit was still in the cage

3．According to the story, which of the following is not true?

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A．The girl came home in a car.

B．The dead rabbit was cleaned.

C．The writer pretended not to know the rabbit had died.

D．The father appeared very calm.

4．We can infer from the story that ________.

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A．the writer was shocked to see her neighbor shocked at the death of the rabbit

B．the writer made a mistake

C．the father and daughter were unhappy to see their rabbit again

D．the father loved his daughter very much

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Men learned to speak to each other first one day. Sometimes, however, they wanted to send messages to others far away. One way to solve this problem was by beating drums which could be heard at a distance. This is still done in some parts in Africa.

　　In many countries fires were lit at night on hills. The fires could be seen at a great distance. They were called beacons (烽火台) and they gave a warning of danger from an enemy. The Indians of North America sent smoke signals. These were made by moving a blanket over a fire.

　　The North American Indians also sent messages to each other by drawing pictures. These pictures were easy to understand. For example, a simple drawing of two men in a small boat meant that two men had gone on a journey by boat. The next picture might be a man holding up five fingers. This means that the journey lasted five days.

　　This is called“Picture writing”. It was used in many countries and is still used today in some parts of the world. Because of the invention of“Picture writing”men were able to send messages to each other. That could also keep a record of things that had happened to him.

　　Gradually picture writing changed. The pictures became easier to draw but harder to understand, unless you knew what they meant. As more and more people used them, these changed and became even easier to write. In English we have twenty-six letters which we call“the alphabet”. It would take too long to explain how each letter grew into present shape.

1．In some areas of Africa men still tell each other news far away by ________.

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2．“One day”in the passage means ________.

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3．According to“Picture writing”a picture of five men on horse back followed by a few dogs probably means ________.

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A．five men have ridden their horses to hunt

B．five men have gone to visit their friends on horse back

C．five men have ridden their horses at the enemy

D．five men have gone to get in crops on horse back

4．All the twenty-six letters in English ________.

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A．were invented by artists a long time ago

B．have been created for a long time

C．have gradually developed from“picture writing”

D．were discovered by the ancient people in England

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Everybody today knows about the Olympics, especially (尤其) in the age of television. Every four years, we can watch the best sportsmen and sportswomen compete against each other in these games. The Olympics began in 776 BC in Greece. Only Greek men of good characters took part in the Olympic Games.

　　At the first Olympic Games in 776 BC, there was only one event (竞赛项目), a foot race of 200 metres. There were more events after the 13th Olympics. Men competed in the early Olympic Games every four years.

　　After about the year 394 AD, the Olympic Games stopped. The early Olympics lasted for more than 1000 years. There were no more Olympic Games after that for 15 centuries.

　　In 1896, the modern Olympics began. They were no longer limited (限制)to Greeks. As was hoped, they led to better understanding among people from different countries. Sportsmen and sportswomen went on to compete in games every four years except three times: The First World War stopped the Olympic meeting of 1916, and the Second World War the 1940 and 1944 mettings.

　　In ancient (古代) Greece, women could neither take part in nor watch the Olympics. In the world today women can feel proud(自豪)of sportswomen in the Olympic Games.

1．In ancient Greece, ________ took part in the Olympics.

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2．At the earliest Olympic Games, there ________.

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3．After 1896, the Olympics were no longer limited to ________.

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4．By the year 394 early Olympics had been held for nearly ________ times.

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