American farmers are raising five percent more goats for meat these days．
Goat meat is high in protein(蛋白质)and lower in unhealthy fat than many other meats．Even so, the industry is small compared to chicken, beef and pork．But immigration has brought more of a taste for goat to America from all over the world．
Experts from the University of Illinois offer some questions for people to consider if they are thinking about raising goats．
◆First of all, do you understand that there always has to be someone to care for the goats?
◆How much land do you have available?And how good is it?Poor ground may support two to four goats on half a hectare．Better grassland can support six to eight．If goats and cattle share the land, one or two goats can be added for each cow．The goats will eat weeds and other plants that cattle do not like．
◆Do you have buildings for the number of female goats you plan to keep during winter?An open, cold, dry barn is better than a closed, warm barn where the air is wet．
◆Do you have the equipment to clean barns and to harvest hay to feed your goats?Or will you get someone else to do it, or buy the hay?
The experts say a profitable business in goat meat may take three to five years to establish．And, of course, there are no guarantees．
(1)
On which section of a newspaper will this passage appear?
[ ]
A．
International Affairs
B．
Entertainment
C．
Agriculture
D．
Culture
(2)
Which of the following is not a factor in making goat meat more popular?
[ ]
A．
Goat meat is healthy food．
B．
Immigrants bring different tastes．
C．
The industry still leaves room for profit．
D．
Raising goats is challenging．
(3)
Who are the intended readers of this passage?
[ ]
A．
Immigrants．
B．
Farmers．
C．
Experts．
D．
Nutritionist．
(4)
If someone has two hectares of good grass land, what is the maximum number of cows and goats he can raise?
[ ]
A．
32 cows and 64 goats．
B．
32 cows and 32 goats．
C．
16 cows and 32 goats
D．
8 cows and 16goats．
(5)
What is the experts’ opinion about the goat-raising business?
[ ]
A．
You can make sure money．
B．
You had better be cautious and patient．
C．
Goats are hardly possible to raise．
D．
Goat meat still needs to be recognized
阅读理解
The British steamship “Titanic,” sank after striking ice in North Atlantic Ocean, and killed more than 15,000．
The Titanic hearings(听证会)were conducted by a special subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee and chaired by Senator William A．Smith．The hearings began on April 19,1912, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City．A total of 82 witnesses testified(作证)about ice warnings that were ignored, the inadequate number of lifeboats, the ship’s speed, the failure of nearby ships to respond to the Titanic’s distress calls, and the treatment of passengers of different classes．The hearings concluded on May 28, 1912, when Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, at port in New York, to interview some of its crew．When the Titanic sank, the Olympic was about 500 miles away．
The subcommittee hearing transcripts(手稿), which were published in 1912, are over1,100 pages long．Spawned by the popularity of the movie on the Titanic, a paperback reprint of the hearings was published in 1998 by Pocket Books．This paperback is an exact reprint of the hearing transcripts．
Other congressional documents issued in 1912 as a result of the Titanic investigation include：
The final report that contains the conclusions about the causes of the disaster．
The investigative report issued by the British Government．
A law to award medals of honor to the captain, officers, and crew of the ship Carpathia, which picked up the survivors of the Titanic．
A law to establish a memorial to Archibald W．Butt and Francis D．Millet, commissioned officers who went down with the sinking of the Titanic．
(1)
What is the passage mainly about?
[ ]
A．
Who should be blamed for the disaster?
B．
What caused the disaster?
C．
What were done after the disaster?
D．
Where can we get such documents?
(2)
We can learn all the followings about the disaster except ________．
[ ]
A．
Poorer people might have been unfairly treated．
B．
No ship came to rescue the people on Titanic．
C．
Titanic might have been over speed．
D．
Titanic’s officers had thought little of ice warnings．
(3)
Why did Senator Smith visited the Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic?
[ ]
A．
Because it picked up the survivors of the Titanic．
B．
Because it was at port in New York．
C．
Because he wanted to know more about Titanic．
D．
Because it was nearby when Titanic sank．
(4)
What does the underlined word “spawn” most probably mean?
[ ]
A．
To make a series of things happen．
B．
To make more money from something．
C．
to go along with something．
D．
To put out some heated quarreling．
(5)
What can we learn from the passage about A．W．Butt and F．D．Millet?
[ ]
A．
It was their last mission．
B．
They were blamed for the disaster．
C．
They were proud of the ship．
D．
They didn’t escape from the ship．
阅读理解
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised．“Barbara be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience,”How right they were!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm．”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the things get tough．It is the inner voice that whispers,“I can do it!”When others shout,“No, you can’t!”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mclintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments．
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote,“Years wrinkly the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul．”
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power．Patricia Mellratl retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied,“My father, long ago, told me，I never made a dime until I stopped working for money．”
We can’t afford to waste tears on“might-have-been”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow．
(1)
What is the passage mainly talking about?
[ ]
A．
Enthusiasm is more important than experience．
B．
Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame．
C．
Enthusiastic people will never get old．
D．
Enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life．
(2)
We can inter than enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when ________．
[ ]
A．
he is in trouble
B．
he is getting old
C．
he can do what he love
D．
he has succeeded
(3)
The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ________．
[ ]
A．
enthusiasm can make people feel young
B．
music can arouse people’s enthusiasm
C．
enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed
D．
enthusiasm can keep people healthy
(4)
How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?
[ ]
A．
Three
B．
Four
C．
Five
D．
Six
(5)
Which proverb may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?
[ ]
A．
A good beginning makes a good ending．
B．
Don’t cry over the spoiled milk．
C．
Love me, love my dog．
D．
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy．
阅读理解
The ocean bottom, a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth, is even today largely unexplored．Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep．Totally without light and subjected to intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth’s surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a strange environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the outer space．
Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks for over a century, the first detailed global study of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1969, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project(DSDP)．Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP’ s drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill in very deep waters, taking samples of rock from the ocean floor．
The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983．During this time, it sailed 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 samples of rocks around the world．Those samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to make out what it will probably look like millions of years in the future, Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’ s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics(构造学)and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes．
The samples of rocks drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also provided a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years．The information of past climatic change can be used to predict future climates．
(1)
What does the underlined word“inaccessible”in line 3 means?
[ ]
A．
unrecognizable
B．
unreachable
C．
unusable
D．
unreasonable
(2)
Why does the author mention“outer space”in the first paragraph?
[ ]
A．
The Earth’s climate millions of years ago was similar to that in outer space．
B．
It is similar to the ocean floor in being strange to the humans．
C．
Rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor
D．
Techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration
(3)
Which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?
[ ]
A．
It is a type of submarine．
B．
It is an ongoing project．
C．
It has gone on over 100 voyages．
D．
It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968．
(4)
The Deep Sea Drilling Project was sign firent because it was ________．
[ ]
A．
an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
B．
the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
C．
made up of geologists from all over the world
D．
supported entirely by the gas and oil industry
(5)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep sea Drilling Project?
[ ]
A．
Geologists were able to determine the Earth’s appearance millions of years ago．
B．
Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists．
C．
Geologists observed forms of life never before seen
D．
Information was revealed about the Earth’s past climatic changes．
阅读理解
The Week’s Best
A
Wild Rose Tuesday/Thursday
This TV drama is about a young private detective employed by a businessman who sends her to Brazil to look into a series(系列)of hotel robberies．When she gets there, she discovers that the hotel, owned by the businessman, has been empty for the last two years and has no record of any robberies．
B
Animal Planet Monday/Wednesday
This is a classic black-and-white film from the forties in which astronaut Charlie Huston crash-lands on a planet ruled entirely by animals．It is a first-class suspense adventure which also looks the human condition, although this is not always a successful part of the film．
C
Strange Encounter Tuesday/Wednesday
Suspense is skillfully built up in this story．A young couple visit a deserted house that they are interested in buying．They meet a strange old lady who tells them of the amazing powers of the house and how previous owners were able to travel back through the centuries to meet their ancestors．
D
The Longest Walk Saturday/Sunday
Ftyona Campbell is nearly there．All she has to do now is to walk the length of France and Britain and she has succeeded in walking around the world．Tonight she drinks coffee in a tent and tells her story to Janet Porter before she sets off for the Pyrenees mountains．
E
Rubicon 5 Thursday/Friday
This is a TV film being used to start a new science fiction series．It has a strong believable cast()of characters who travel to the twenty-third century．The action place is in underground cities where the environment is controlled by computers．
F
New Science Friday/Saturday
This popular half-hour science magazine continues into its twenty-ninth year, proving itself to be a hardy survivor in the television world．Tonight it is presented by Carol Vorderman who introduces five reports, including computer-driven cars．
(1)
What is strange about the hotel in Brazil in the film Wild rose?
[ ]
A．
Young private detective stayed in the hotel
B．
Guests were often robbed in the hotel
C．
No guests have been in the hotel for the past two years
D．
Many businessmen in Brazil were afraid of the hotel．
(2)
Which of the following doesn’t belong to science fiction films?
[ ]
A．
Animal Planet．
B．
Strange Encounter．
C．
Rubicon 5．
D．
New Science．
(3)
If you are crazy about looking for adventure all over the world, you may enjoy ________ at the weekend．
[ ]
A．
Wild Rose．
B．
Animal Planet．
C．
The Longest Walk．
D．
Strange Encounter．
(4)
Which of the following is TURE according to the related programs?
[ ]
A．
Charlie Huston lands on a planet ruled by animals by accident．
B．
Janet Porter plans to climb the Pyrenees mountains in future．
C．
All the actors are invented and controlled by computer in Rubicon．
D．
The previous owners of the old house all have supernatural power in Strange Encounter．
(5)
New Science is referred as a“hardy survivor”because ________．
[ ]
A．
it is not a film, but a magazine in the list
B．
it remains popular in quiet a long period of time
C．
it is a short program with only half an hour
D．
it is at the bottom of the list of“The Week’s Best”
阅读理解
The arrival of computer, some people predicted, soon make paper a thing out of date．And guess what?Bill Gate’s dream of a computer on every desk has been more or less realized．Yet, most of people working at those desks fire knee-deep in paper．
Some research from a new book, the Myth of Paperless Office suggests our increasing use of paper is due to the introduction of the very digital technology that was supposed to wipe it out．The studies show that it can lead to a 40％rise in paper consumption．
Xerox’s main business involved paper, and it was also alarmed by the prospect of its going out of fashion．So the research center invented the computing and printer technology that made sure it didn’t．Xerox knew what they were doing．
But our attachment to paper is truly amazing．Why store e－mail messages in paper files, which take up valuable space and are effectively unsearchable, when you can keep them on a hard disk and look through them for keywords?Why print off quantities of documents which is to be thrown away after the meeting is over, when they can be handed out electronically via intranets(内部互联网)?
If people love paper, there must be a reason for it．It is highly portable, flexible,
and consumes no battery power．And it doesn’t have to be turned on before you can read it．
So the problem with the predictions is that they are always solution-driven．In fact, technology is not always the answer．The answer is not that people use so much paper, but that they don’t make good use of it．
(1)
What changes has the computer brought in for paper?
[ ]
A．
More and more paper is needed．
B．
Its sale is reducing and it is to disappear．
C．
Fewer people prefer paper to a hare disk．
D．
More paper of fine quality is produced．
(2)
What does“the very digital technology”in paragraph 2 refer to?
[ ]
A．
The new book．
B．
The hard disk．
C．
The computer．
D．
The technology of printing．
(3)
To protect their production from disappearing, Xerox________．
[ ]
A．
had the computing and printer technology invented
B．
took off the price of their production
C．
introduced new technology of paper making
D．
encourage people to store messages by writing them on paper
(4)
Which word can describe paper best according to the reasons for people’s love of paper?
[ ]
A．
Fashionable．
B．
Convenient．
C．
Traditional．
D．
Effective．
(5)
What can we learn from the whole passage?
[ ]
A．
Bill Gates’ vision of the computer is to wipe paper out．
B．
It is a stupid way to store e－mail messages on a hard disk．
C．
Digital technology is the only solution to reduce the use of paper．
D．
To print documents on papers has become a great waste now．
阅读理解
One day an ordinary dog appeared in the ticket office at Campiglia, a busy railroad station on Italy's main line．A ticket agent named Elvio greeted the strange dog in a friendly way, so the dog decided to stay．From that day on, the dog became Elvio's shadow and was named Lampo．
Lampo kept Elvio company(陪伴)inside the ticket office．When the weather was warm, he would enjoy himself in the sun on the train platform．
When it was time for Elvio to return home on the train at night, Lampo ran after the train for a long way and then sadly gave up and went back to the station．
One night as Elvio was riding home on the train, he noticed that Lampo was lying at his feet．Afraid that the conductor would see the dog on the train and shout at him, Elvio pushed Lampo under a seat．Luckily, the conductor did not notice the dog．Lampo came home with Elvio and met his family．then, after a short visit, Lampo boarded the last train and went back to the station．Lampo quickly learned all of the train schedules(时刻表)．He would ride home from work with Elvio every night and then ride back to the station alone．Every morning, Lampo arrived at Elvio's house in time to walk his young daughter, Mivna, to school．The faithful dog would then take another train to Campiglia to spend time with his master, then travel again to accompany Mivna home from school at 11∶30．
Soon, Lampo began to take the trains all over Italy．Lampo became famous among the men who worked on the railroad, as his journeys became more frequent, complicated and mysterious．No one could explain why he traveled or how he always found the right train back to Campiglia．People decided that Lampo was a unique dog．
Some of the railroad officials were against Lampo's illegal travels．They were afraid he would bite a passenger or cause some other problems．Finally, the stationmaster threastened(威胁)to call the dogcatcher if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog．
Elvio decided to put Lampo on a train going as far away as possible．Months went by and Lampo did not come back．Mivna missed him very much and prayed for his return．Finally one day, a sad, very thin, tired Lampo returned to Elvio's office．Everyone, even the stationmaster, was sorry about what had happened．From then on, Lampo was allowed to ride the trains whenever he wanted．After seven years, Lampo grew old, and he began to need Elvio's help to board the train．
One day Lampo was seen lying dead on the tracks．A year later, a life-sized statue(雕像)of Lampo was set up at Campiglia station．
(1)
The first time Lampo took the train, Elvio was ________．
[ ]
A．
delighted that he was lucky
B．
afraid the dog would bite someone
C．
afraid the conductor would see him and be angry
D．
excited that Lampo would soon meet his family
(2)
Lampo's traveling all over Italy caused people to believe that ________．
[ ]
A．
he could read the train schedules
B．
he was famous in the country
C．
Elvio secretly helped him
D．
he was a very special dog
(3)
The stationmaster threastened that if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog, ________．
[ ]
A．
Elvio would be fired
B．
Lampo would be put on the train tracks
C．
the stationmaster would send him away
D．
a dogcatcher would be called
(4)
The author suggests that a statue of Lampo was set up because ________．
[ ]
A．
the stationmaster felt sorry about what had happened
B．
he had been a friend to travelers
C．
it would bring good luck to the town
D．
Elvio offered money to set up the statue
阅读理解
It is not unusual to see your desk-mate yawn(打哈欠)as he complains that he didn’t have a good sleep the night before．Many teens don’t get enough sleep because they have too much homework, which keeps them up at night．Some teens cannot sleep at night even when they want to．
Studies show that during your teenage years, the body’s biological clock is reset, telling you to sleep later at night and wake up later in the morning．
But changes in the body clock aren’t the only reason teens lose sleep．Lots of people have insomnis(失眠)．The most common cause of insomnia is stress．But all sorts of things can lead to insomnia．These include physical discomfort, emotional troubles and even sleeping environment．It’s common for everyone to have insomnia from time to time．But if it lasts for a month or more go and see a doctor．
Some people have a condition that causes stomach acid to move backward towards the chest．This produces the uncomfortable, burning feeling called heartburn．So even if the person doesn’t notice the feeling of heart burn because he is sleeping, he may feel tired the next day．
Most teens have nightmares sometimes．But, if they are frequent, a person’s sleep pattern can be seriously affected．The most common cause of nightmares is emotional problems, such as stress or anxiety．If you have them a lot, It’s a good idea to talk to a doctor．
Doctors encourage teens to make lifestyle changes to develop good sleeping habits．You probably know that coffee can keep you awake, but did you know that playing video games or watching TV does the same?
(1)
The main idea of the first paragraph is that ________
[ ]
A．
there is a problem that teenagers can’t get enough sleep
B．
sleeping problems have different causes
C．
yawning is a good way to get rid of sleep
D．
teenagers care too much for homework
(2)
The teenagers’ biological clock ________
[ ]
A．
makes teenagers lead to insomnia
B．
is the origin of their insomnia
C．
provide them with plenty of rest at night
D．
is helpful to improve their concentration
(3)
What does the writer say about nightmares?
[ ]
A．
It is nothing and shouldn’t be taken seriously．
B．
It can release their stress or anxiety
C．
Emotional problems are the only way to form nightmares．
D．
People will suffer from sleep if nightmares are frequent．
(4)
Which way can help to get rid of insomnia?
[ ]
A．
Drinking some coffee before going to bed．
B．
Playing video games or watching TV from time to time
C．
Turning to a doctor for help
D．
Eating much medicine for insomnia．
阅读理解
We can make mistakes at any age．Some mistakes we make are about money．but most mistakes are about people．“Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?”“When I got that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it?Or did he envy my luck?”“And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?”When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad．
But when we look back, it is too late．
Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies?Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings．And if we do not really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words．Suppose someone tells you,“You're a lucky dog!”(你真幸运!)Is he really on your side?If he says,“You're a lucky guy(人，家伙)!”, that is being friendly．But“a lucky dog?”There is a bit of envy in those words．What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve(应得)your luck．
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for”is another phrase that says one thing and means another．It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem．But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important．
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words?One way is to take a good look at the person talking．Do his words fit the way he looks?Is what he says shown by the tone of voice?The look in his eyes?Stop and think．The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake．
(1)
When the writer recalls(回想)some of the things that happened between him and his friends, he ________．
[ ]
A．
feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him
B．
feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings
C．
think it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend
D．
is sorry that his friends let him down
(2)
When the writer talks about someone saying,“You're a lucky dog!”, he is saying that ________．
[ ]
A．
the speaker is just friendly
B．
this sentence suggests the same as“You're a lucky guy!”
C．
the word“dog”should not be used to apply to people
D．
sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious
(3)
This passage tries to tell you how to ________．
[ ]
A．
avoid mistakes about money and friends
B．
get an idea of friendly people
C．
avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
D．
keep people friendly without trusting them
(4)
The writer suggests that ________ be trusted．
[ ]
A．
everybody
B．
nobody
C．
all the people
D．
not all the people
阅读理解
Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes．Many people feel that the United States has the worst taxes in the world．
Taxes are the money that people pay to support their government．There are generally three levels of government in the United States; federal(联邦的), state and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes．
Salaried people who earn more than four to five thousand dollars per year must pay a certain part of their salaries to the federal government．The percentage varies depending on their salaries．The federal government has a two-level income tax; that is, 15 or 28 percent．＄17,850 is the cut-off．The tax rate is 15 percent below ＄17,850 and 28 percent above．
The second tax is for the state government: New York, California, or any of the other forty-eight states; Some states have an income tax similar to that of the federal government．Of course, the percentage for the state tax is lower．Other states have a sales tax, which is a percentage charged to any item which people buy in the state．Some states use income tax and sales tax to raise their revenues(税收)．
The third tax is for the city．This tax comes in two forms: property tax(residents who own a home have to pay taxes on it)and excise tax(货物税),which is collected on vehicles in a city．The cities use this money for education, police, public works, etc．
Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes．People always complain about taxes．They often say that the government misuses their tax dollars．They all believe that taxes are too high in this country．
(1)
How much money does an American earning ＄40,000 per year pay to the federal government as income tax?
[ ]
A．
28％of this income．
B．
15％of this income．
C．
＄17,850
D．
＄5,000．
(2)
What tax does an American have to pay to the city if he owns a car?