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华东名校联合体校本练习册 华东名校试卷信息中心07高三命题组命题 阅读理解训练题（一） A Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. Sudan1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003. Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled. Last week Sudan’s Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification of the origin of the dye’s name. Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan’s Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye. "We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there," she said. "Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country. But they told us there was no relationship." The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy last week. "They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name," she said. "People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out." Sudan dyes, which include Sudan1 to 4, are red dyes（颜料） used for colouring solvents（溶剂）, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 56. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph one? A. Causing cancer. B. Having side effect. C. Containing poison. D.Poisonous. 57. How did the Sudan1 get its name? A. The dye is often produced in Sudan. B. The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan. C. Nobody is sure of the origin of the name. D. Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye. 58. We can infer from the passage that. A. the Sudan government is paying much attention to the food safety B. Sudan1 is often used to be added to the food C. people didn’t realize the danger of Sudan1 until 2003 D. many food shops will be closed down 59. Which of the following is the best title? A. Keep away from Sudan1 B. No Sudan1 dye links to the country C. How Sudan1 dye got its name? D. Pay attention to the food safety B Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning,a middle,and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.""Drink Good Wet Root Beer.""Fill up with Pacific Gas."Only if you sleep,which is equal to turning the television set off,are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!" The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changednew houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless （鲁莽的） or daring,the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the rightor the lefthand lane? After a while,of course,the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops. The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseven with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit. 60.According to the passage,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip? A.Buses on the road. B.Films on television. C.Advertisements on the billboards. D.Gas stations. 61.What is the purpose of this passage? A.To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips. B.To persuade you to take a long bus trip. C.To explain how bus trips and television shows differ. D.To describe the billboards along the road. 62.The writer of this passage would probably favor . A.bus drivers who aren’t reckless B.driving alone C.a television set on the bus D.no billboards along the road 63.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because . A.the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun B.they both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in between C.the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses D.both traveling and watching TV are not exciting. 64.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are . A.exciting B.comfortable C.tiring D.boring C Modern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood,and has also carelessly burned them. More than that,though,he has also interfered with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. There are many examples of this kind of destruction. The harmfulness of man’s interference can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the Kaibab plateau （凯亚巴布高原） of northern Arizona. Man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead. The Kaibab had a storybook forest of largesized pine,Douglas fir,white fir,blue and Engelmann spruce. In 1882 a visitor noted,"We,who ... have wandered through its forests and parks,have come to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege to visit."This was also the living place of the Rocky Mountain mule deer. Indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. The forest also had mountain lions,timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too rapidly. Then,in 1906,President Theodore Roosevelt made the Kaibab a national game preserve. Deer hunting was forbidden. Government hunters started killing off the deer’s enemies. In 25 years’ time,6,250 mountain lions,wolves and bobcats were killed. Before the program,there were about 4,000 deer in the Kaibab,by 1924,there were about 100,000. The deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. But there was not nearly enough food. Hunting of deer was permitted again. This caused a slight decrease in the deer herd，but a far greater loss resulted from starvation and disease. Some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. By 1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. By 1942 it was down to 8,000. 65.The destruction of the environment of the Kaibab resulted from . A.turning the forest into cultivated land B.interfering with natural cycle of forest life C.forest fires caused by man’s carelessness D.cutting the trees for building materials 66."Engelmann spruce"（Para. 2） is most likely the name of . A.a tree B.an animal C.a mountain D.a game 67.The number of the deer in the Kaibab had increased enormously in years’ time. A.25 B.6 C.18 D.12 68.Years later,large numbers of deer in the Kaibab died mainly because of . A.the cold B.the organized kill C.the shortage of food D.the poor management D In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of fortyfour billion dollars. There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultrarich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in fortyseven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year. Laksmi Mittal,an Indian born steel tycoon （巨头）enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled （变成四倍）to thirteen billion dollars making him the world’s third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years — there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably underrepresented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list — among them is JK Rowling,author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company’s recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league. 69. Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year’s Forbes magazine? A. Laksmi Mittal. B. Ingvar Kamprad. C. JK Rowling. D. Silvio Berlusconi. 70. There are about _____ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world. A. 300 B. 180 C. 70 D. 150 71. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world. B. Russia is a developing country. C. This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list. D. There are more billionaires in New York than any other city in the world. 72. We can infer from the passage that ______. A. There are more billionaires in London than in Moscow. B. Ukraine is a very rich country in the world. C. JK Rowling’s novels have sold very well. D. The IT industry is a profitmaking industry. E Ad. 1 April fool’s party On Friday, April 1, Inner Affair goes back to the days of funk! Classic Tunes from the 70’s and 80’s by DJs Den & Sion. 9pm till late. Tickets: Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan (US$6) Time/date: 9 pm, April 1 Place: Inner Affair, 1/F Qiankun Dasha, 6 Sanlitun Xiliujie, Chaoyang District Tel: 8454 0321 Ad. 2 Language in use Enjoy free inhouse coffee, tea and beer as well as music and dancing. Practice your Chinese, make friends and have fun. Time/date: 7 to 9 pm, March 25 Place: Language In Use Club, 2/F, Science Fortune Center, 8 Xueqing Lu, north of Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District Ad. 3 The "worst" party Organized by ozone productions, the party is set to be "the worst ever", with the lamest music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Special prizes will be awarded to the worst dressed or for bad fashion sense. Tickets: Free entrance Time/date: 9 pm, April 1 Place: Pula Pula, Tianze Lu, Oriental Seven Colours Plaza, Chaoyang District Tel: 64668575 Ad. 4 La Nuit Francaise Again on the 2nd Thursday of the month La Nuit Francaise will be held at Le Rendezvous. The monthly event is an opportunity for all French people and everyone interested in France or speaking French to gather together. The evening features three glasses of wine and canapes for participants and a special exhibition. Time/date: 7 to 10 pm, April 14 Place: Le Rendezvous, 3 Gongti Beilu, accross from the Pacific Century Plaza, Chaoyang District Tel: 64629110 Ad. 5 Marco V Dutch DJ Marco V drops by Banana for a gig which is supported by Hong Kong’s DJ Spark. Marco V has been around for many years, as an inventive, styleblending deejay and a successful and devoted producer. His spinning is energetic, crowdpleasing and never sees an empty dance floor. He was ranked No. 15 in this year’s international DJ MAG DJ Top100. Tickets: 40 yuan (US$4.80) in advance, 50 yuan (US$6) at the door, both include a free drink Time/date: 10 pm to 4 am, March 31, April 1 Place: Banana, in the lobby of the Scitech Hotel, 22 Jianwai Dajie, Chaoyang District Tel: 65283636 73. Which of the following is NOT true of Ad. 1 and Ad. 3? A. The two parties will be held on the same day. B. The two parties will be held at the same time. C. The entrance fees of the two parties will not be charged. D. Some old music will be played at the parties. 74. Which of the following is intended for the Chinese learners? A. Marco V. B. La Nuit Francaise. C. Language in use. D. The "worst" party. 75. We can infer that______. A. Marco V is a newlyestablished band B. La Nuit Francaise may be French words C. the "worst" party will attract a lot of college students D. you will enjoy free drink at April fool’s party 阅读理解训练题（二） A BEUING (Associated Press 美联社) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educatioinal toys should be easy. While China may be the world’s biggest toymaker, many of the best are exported Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low. A US company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China. BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company’s "mother club"can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and childcare books. "We want to build a sevenyear relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, BabyCare’s president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." BabyCare works on a onetoone basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are designed for children at each stage (阶段) of development to age six. BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years. It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in. 56. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us? A. Educational toys and foreign toy markets. B. Problems with China’s toy market and education. C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China. D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China. 57. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage? A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free childcare advice. B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products. C. Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities. D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost. 58. BabyCare is developing its business in China by. A. opening stores in Beijing hospitals B. offering 18month courses on childcare C. setting up children’s education centers D. forming close relationships with parents 59. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage? A. Mother’s Club in China. B. BabyCare and Doctors. C. American Company Model. D. Educational Toys in China. B STAGE Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技 ) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks. Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions. Time: 7∶15 p.m. Daily Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District Tel: 65072421, 65071818 Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors. It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement. Time: 7∶15 p.m. until March 5, except Mondays Place: China Children’s Theater Tel: 66037255, 66037265 Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero. But things don’t go as she planned... Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play. This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama. Time: 7∶ 30 p.m. until March 10, except Mondays Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater Tel: 65250123 Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater. Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段). One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing). The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven. Time: 7∶30 p.m. February 27, 28 Place:Chang’an Grand Theater Tel: 86531043 60. We can learn from the text that. A. Story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s Theater B. the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks C. on March 5 there will be two plays for us to choose D. the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country 61. If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call to book a ticket. A. 86531043 B. 65250123 C. 66037255 D. 65071818 62. According to the text, which of the following statements is true? A. The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it. B. Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists. C. Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country. D. The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts. C Beijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited teenagers crowded around shouting, "Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！It’s Curarpikt!" At the Beijing Comic and Animation Expo last week, that’s exactly who Shi Jia was. The Senior 1 girl was cosplaying "Curarpikt", a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter (《猎人》)by Yoshihiro Togashi. "I cosplay Curarpikt because I like him," said the pretty 15yearold girl. "I’m moved by his sad story and I’m attracted by his courage and personality." In the adventure comic story, Curarpikt, a handsome and kindhearted boy, struggles to become a hunter so he can capture the people who killed his tribe(部落). Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series(动画片)of Hunter X Hunter. Then last year she saw a real "Curarpikt"in a cosplay show. "I had watched cosplay shows before but only for fun," she explained. "It’s really exciting to see young people wearing the makeup and costumes of characters that you’ve read about and are familiar with." "But that time I just fell in love with cosplaying, probably because I like Curarpikt so much. I thought I could play the character better, so I decided to have a go." Shi bought some cloth and asked a tailor to make a Curarpikt costume for her. She was delighted to find out there was a cosplay show in Beijing in October. "It’s a great way to spend the national holiday. Posing on the stage for all the comic book fans, I knew I was doing something I had always wanted to do," she said. But she never talks about her hobby with her parents. "They think it will distract me from my studies. I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby," she said. "It’s also why I don’t dye my hair for cosplaying like all the others." 63. What’s cosplay according to the passage? A.When cosplaying, comic fans wear costumes and pretend to be their favourite comic characters. B.Cosplay is a kind of performance in which you play a Curarpikt. C. Cosplay is a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi. D.When cosplaying, some funny teenagers play some characters in the animated series. 64. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt ______. A. in order to attract her fans B. because she liked animated series C. because she was greatly attracted by that role D. because it’s her secret hobby 65. The underlined word "distract" means_____. A. get rid of B. keep out of C. give courage to D. draw away attention of 66. Which of the following is wrong? A. Curarpikt was created by a Japanese cartoonist. B. Shi Jia’s parents were in favor of her performance. C. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt successfully. D. Cosplay is popular with some teenagers. D James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9.There, a school teacher asked the youth his name. "J.C., "he replied. She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name. Owens ran his first race at age 13.After high school, he went to Ohio State University.He had to work part time so as to pay for his education.As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later. A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book. The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political.Hitler did not congratulate any of the AfricanAmerican winners. "It was all right with me, "he said years later."I didnt go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway." Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either.In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death. Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs. "Sure, it bothered me, "he said later."But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat." In time, however, his gold medals changed his life."They have kept me alive over the years, "he once said."Time has stood still for me.That golden moment dies hard." 67. Owens got his other name "Jesse" when. A. he went to Ohio State University B. his teacher made fun of him C. his teacher took "J. C."for "Jesse" D. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet 68. In the Big Ten meet，Owens. A. hurt himself in the back B. succeeded in setting many records C. tried every sports event but failed D. had to give up some events 69. We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because. A. he was not of the right race B. he was the son of a poor farmer C. he didnˊt shake hands with Hitler D. he didnˊt talk to the US president on the phone 70. When Owens says "They have kept me alive over the years ",he means that the medals. A. have been changed for money to help him live on B. have made him famous in the US C. have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life D. have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs 71. What would be the best title for the text? A. Jesse Owens, A Great American Athlete B. Golden Moment — A Lifetime Struggle C. Making A Living As A Sportsman D. How To Be A Successful Athlete E Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way (银河系)? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut eye. They would have to sleep for years. European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a spaceflight to distant planets. "If there was an effective technology, it could make deepspace travel a reality," said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month. What seems like a science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleeplike state where they don’t age. They have now moved on to the small, nonhibernating mammals (哺乳动物) like rats. A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex. "It’s like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy’s University of Pavia. Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person’s metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy. Medical research, however, is just half of a spaceflight hibernation system. There is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter. Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature. It would also have to monitor (监控) life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator. According to Ayre, the sixperson Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission (使命) to Jupiter’s moon (木星的卫星) Callisto, could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six persons on a fiveyear flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045. 72.According to the article, the hibernation research _______. A. is just an ideaB. is always a science fiction C. has already finished successfullyD. has made some progress 73.In a hibernating state, a person needs ________. A. less sleep B. more food C. less energy D. more movement 74.The first try of the hibernation technologythe sixperson Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto. A. will be B. has been planned for C. is certain to be D. may be 75.What is the best title of the article? A. Hibernation study for space travel B. Welcome to our space travel C. To hibernate, to live longer D. Welcome to the Milky Way 阅读理解训练题（三） A Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows mote about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has dais boy ever had any education? Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers , sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school . Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people. Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it. We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways. 56. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______. A. African children are very poor B. some children are unlucky C. education takes many ways D. schools are of great importance 57. In the eyes of the writer . A. we have to learn from the people around us B. school is not important at all C. only the people caring for us can teach us D. education takes place everywhere 58. One can find out what lie is good at by _ . A. the encouragement of people around B. the teachings of those lie or she meets C. thinking of it when growing up D. trying mid practicing it 59. How the writer looks at the role of school is that . A. school is not so important as our living places B. school enables us to understand the world in other ways C. school teaches us something useless at home D. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives 60. The passage tells us that _ . A. everyone gets education from the day lie or she is born B. different education trains different classes of people C. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at B Among the most heatedly discussed issues about the Chinese film industry in 2004 was probably the absence of a film rating system — claimed to be a vital part of the upcoming China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law. The law is expected to offer a legal basis for a wide range of issues that worried the local film industry including copyright infringement(侵犯), online piracy(侵权) of films and pirated films in such forms as VCDs, DVDs, and most recently the so - called compressed DVDs. "The film rating or classification system is very common for film producers, distributors and exhibitors worldwide, as many countries and regions adopted such systems decades ago," said Li Ershi, a Chinese film historian with the Beijing Film Academy. "The Chinese public and film industry have long called for the establishment of such a law," he added. Over the years, Chinese films have been put into categories according to their subject matters such as rural, military, industry or urban themes. On March 1, 1989, the former administration of the Ministry of Radio, Film, and Television issued the Circular Concerning the Examination and Rating System for Certain Films that roughly specified(指定)four types of films as "unsuitable for child audiences." The regulation was first applied to a controversial film entitled "Widow Village", which features some love scenes. But this rating system didn't work very well in protecting child audiences at local level. Over the years, it has often been reported that some film distributors and exhibitors even label some films as "unsuitable for child audiences" in a bid to attract curious viewers. Since 1994, China has introduced many Western popular films, many of which were rated "PG'' for "Parental Guidance" in the USA but shown in Chinese cinemas without any labels, especially for teenagers or younger children, because China does not have a film rating system. Li said. 61. According to the article, which of the following statements is true? A. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law, with the film rating system in it, has been put into practice. B. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law has been put into practice without the film rating system C. Both China Motion Picture Industry Promotion law and the film rating system are still under discussion and revision. D. The film rating system puts Chinese films into categories according to their subject matters. 62. The film rating system is vital because . A. it is very common worldwide and many countries and regions have adopted it B. it can solve all the problems that the Chinese film industry has had so far C. it is a powerful weapon against some unhealthy Western films coming into China in large numbers D. the old regulation is out of date and couldn't clearly tell the difference between the suitable and the unsuitable films 63. Which of the following is the best title for the news ? A. Film Rating System A Must B. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion law C. New Film Rating System and Old Regulation D. New Film Rating System Against some Unhealthy Western Films C A historic journey across the Solar System reached its end on Friday as a little probe (探测器)took a big step for human knowledge. The US $ 3 billion Cassini-Huygens mission(使命), a joint project of NASA and the European and Italian space agencies was launched in 1997 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Saturn, its rings, its moons and its magnetosphere(磁层) — which surrounds it. Huygens was named after the Dutch scientist who discovered Titan in 1655, NASA officials said. Some science team members monitoring the flight at the European Space Agency's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, have waited tens of years to see the first of 750 pictures and other scientific readings from the yellow- skied moon. " I have been in this mission almost 21 years and I' m very excited," ESA mission manager Jean -Pierre LeBreton said at a news conference on Thursday. “I’m also quite sure we arc going to see something very special tomorrow (on Friday) " Timers inside the probe will awaken it just before it enters Titan's atmosphere. Huygens is shaped like a wok(锅) and covered with a heat shield(防护装置) so that it can survive the extreme heat that it will face upon entry. It will then unfold a series of parachutes to slow its fall to the moon's reddish surface, expected to take about 2.5 hours. As it goes down, the probe will lose its heat shield and unfold its special camera and instruments to begin collecting information on wind speeds and the makeup of Titan's atmosphere. This is the moment scientists have been waiting for. This data will then be sent back to Cassini, which will relay it to NASA’s Deep Space Network in California and on to ESA controllers in Darmstadt German. Scientists believe the organic chemical reaction taking place on Titan are similar to the process that gave rise to life on Earth. Its atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, like Earth, but its surface temperature of about minus 180℃ makes it improper to life. Titan, believed to be the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere, is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto. 64. Huygens was named after . A. an ESA mission manager B. a Dutch scientist who discovered Saturn in 1655 C. an astronomer who first discovered Titan D. scientists from NASA and the European and Italian space agencies 65. What does "the yellow-skied moon" refer to? A. Saturn. B. Titan. C. The moon around the earth. D. Solar System. 66. According to the text, the following statements are all true except ______. A. scientists think Titan is bigger than Mercury and Pluto B. the information to be collected by Huygens will be sent back to Cassini, then to NASA's Deep Space Network and last to ESA controllers C. some science team member have waited decades and seen the first of 750 images and other scientific readings from the yellow-skied moon D. only NASA. has been working for the project of Huygens D I don' t know if I am missing the greatest pleasure of my life. I am no fan of computer games. Some guys forget themselves and forget day and night when they play games. For example, a colleague has been playing since 1 o’clock this morning and now it is 7 o'clock. He is still commanding his army of little people to attack strange-looking animals. Some games could be fun, 1 admit, and it is therefore understandable that such a game catches players. For example, games like Red Storm or some role-play games, you do something and try to outwit(智胜) your computer. You get some fun out of these games. It is understandable that such a game pushes you into a pitfall(陷阱) of pleasures. But some games look quite stupid and simple. Again for example, my colleague has been interested in Stone Age, a cartoon-like game rooted in prehistoric time. The game is well made, full of strange people and animals and you can play on line with partners. You can have reference books to study so as to shortcut your rivals(对手) and increase your own conquering power. I believe some kinds of games are really created for adults. But seeing these adults play the simple games with such interest, I just wonder if there is something wrong with me and if I am losing the greatest possible fun of my life. I ask why I don' t bother playing such games and why I seem to have some aversion(讨厌) to such games. I have no answers. Certainly computer games is no my idea of a good time. I would rather listen to some music or read a book. Take music for example. Good music tops my list of pleasures. Nothing could beat music, all in a harmony of sounds and emotions. But how about games? Why an I so strongly biased(偏见) against such games? 67. From the passage we know that ______. A. the author is a fan of computer games. B. the author spends much time playing computer games C. the author once played a whole night D. the author doesn't like playing computer games 68. In this passage, the author tells us a fact that ______. A. some computer games are interesting enough to attract people B. many people fall into a dangerous pitfall C. many people are suffering a lot from the computer games D. computer games are pitfalls for most players 69. The underlined word "bother" here means ______. A. make trouble B. concern about C. disturb D. confuse 70. The author has a pleasure to ______. A. make a computer game B. to read books C. to listen to good music D. ask himself questions E "Calling tower," the pilot's voice crackled. "This is an emergency!" The radio operator in the control tower looked at his watch. It was 3:15 p.m. Lieutenant Charles Taylor and five Navy bombers were in trouble. "We are off course. We cannot see land…repeat…we cannot see land." The control tower grew silent. The operator garbed (戴上) his microphone. "What is your position? We are not sure of our position," Lieutenant Taylor replied. "We seem to be lost." Taylor had over 2,500 hours of flight time. What was happening? The tower called back: "Assume bearing(方位) due west." "We don't know which way is west," Taylor replied. "Everything is wrong…strange… We cannot be sure of any direction…Even the ocean looks odd…" The radio operator told Taylor to fly north "with the sun on the left" until he reached a Naval Air Station. Anyone could find the sun, especially a good pilot like Taylor. Soon the radio crackled again. "We have just passed over a small island," said the pilot. "No other land in sight." That was the last message Flight 19 sent to the radio tower. Five Navy bombers were lost. They had left the Naval Air Station for a routine training flight at 2:00 p.m., December 5, 1945. Each plane had enough fuel to fly more than a thousand miles. The weather was sunny and mild. Pilots from other flights had not seen anything strange there. So what happened? How could five Navy bombers and their crews just disappear? The search for the five bombers covered 380,000 square miles of land and sea. Hundreds of boats and planes searched large areas of the Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the mainland of Florida, and many neighboring islands. Some of the boats were aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines. They searched the area for weeks. Nothing was ever found. No life rafts. No wreckage. Not even an oil slick(浮油). Oil from the engines should float on the surface, even if everything else had sunk. 71. The pilot knew that they were in trouble when ______. A. The radio operator warned him B. The emergency light was suddenly on C. The engine failed to work D. He couldn't be sure of his flying route 72. Which of the following fact is not true for the five Navy bombers? A. They could not find out the direction. B. A small island was in sight. C. They could not find the sun. D. They saw no other land. 73. What made the disappearance so mysterious? a. The control tower grew silent. b. The bombers had a lot of fuel. c. The weather was good. d. No strange happening was reported by other flights. A. (a) (b) (c) B. (a) (b) (d) C. (a) (c) (d) D. (b) (c) (d) 74. What was the most unusual for the search? A. There was no life raft. B. There was no wreckage. C. There was no oil slick. D. There was no "SOS" call. 75. The result of the search for the five bombers was that _____. A. they went for a very important mission B. they went to some very important places C. they went out of earth D. they went somewhere no one "knew 阅读理解训练题（四） A China's former volleyball star Lang Ping has been invited to coach the US women's national team for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. But China's sports media said the offer would be difficult to accept. Lang, who is presently coaching a club team in Italy's professional volleyball league, told sina.com that she was considering the offer by the US Volleyball Association. "Right now I'm still considering their offer but I will answer them soon,”Lang said. "If I don't take the job, I have to give them enough time to find someone else." Lang, 45，won Olympic gold in 1984. She later coached the Chinese women to silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1998 World Championships. She has also coached at New Mexico University in the United States where her daughter was born and lives. The reaction in the Chinese media to Lang's job offer was swift and strong. Many say that if she takes the job it would be a direct challenge to China's goal of winning the women's volleyball medal at the Beijing Games. "As an unusual player and a spiritual leader of Chinese volleyball, Lang Ping's influence over China far exceeds（超越）that of an ordinary player,”says the China Olympic Committee website. "If Lang stands with the opponents（对手）during women's volleyball matches, you can rest assured that this will be difficult to accept for the new Chinese players, difficult for coach Chen Zhonghe, who was once her assistant, and difficult for all Chinese watching on television,”the site continued.（AGENCIES Feb 9，2005) 56. According to this passage, Lang Ping is ______ at present. A. a volleyball player B. a club coach C. an unusual player D. an assistant 57. Form the text, we can learn ______. A. Lang Ping has accepted the offer B. Chen Zhonghe has got into trouble C. all of the Chinese media support Lang Ping D. Lang Ping is thinking the US offer over 58. According to the text, if Lang Ping stands with the opponents during women's volleyball matches, who will most probably have trouble? A. The Chinese audience. B. Our women's volleyball team. C. Beijing 2008 Olympics. D. Chinese former players. 59. When reporting the news, the author seemed to be a little ______. A. angry B. surprised C. shocked D. worried B Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age. "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20--25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,”said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. "Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70，one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,”said Goldspink. "This is part of the ageing process." What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one's. "This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,”said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80，focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink. The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age. 60. The underlined word“longevity" in the second paragraph probably refers to ______. A. health B. long life C. ageing D. effect 61. The text mainly talks about ______. A. men's heart cells B. women's ageing process、 C. the gender difference D. hearts and long life 62. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that A. women have more cells than men when they are born B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age D. women never lose their pumping power with age 63. If you want to live longer, you should A. enable your heart to beat much faster B. find out the reason for ageing C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy D. prevent your cells from being lost 64. We can know from the passage that A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20 C Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids（小行星）now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists. Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids（流星）that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth. Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most the space rocks. By the time we spot a destructive one, the scientists say, we'll have a way to change its course. Some scientists favour pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn't be cheap. Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: (1) How likely the event is; and (2) How bad the results if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500，000 years. Sounds pretty rare--but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. "If we don't take care of these asteroids, they'll take care of us.”Says one scientist, "It's that simple.” The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth?”The world has less to fear from the terrible rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against it,” said a New York Times article. 65. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? A. They are heavenly bodies different in composition. B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature. C. There are more asteroids than meteoroids. D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids. 66. What do scientists mainly talk about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? A. It is very unlikely but the danger of its happening exists. B. Such a collision might occur once every 50 thousand years. C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. D. It's still too early to say certainly whether such a collision might occur. 67. What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to change the course of asteroids? A. It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem. B. It may create more problems than it might solve. C. It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely. D. Further research should be done before it is proved useful. 68. We can conclude from the passage that______. A. while pushing asteroids off course, nuclear weapons would destroy the world B. asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future C. the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it's unlikely to happen now D. workable solutions still have to be found to prevent such a collision of asteroids with Earth D Why do people pay a screaming soldier to order them to crawl under camouflage（伪装）netting before dropping to the ground to do 15 pushups? It's like the basic training that every new soldier hates. These people love it so much that they pay for it. And that's the way it is: three mornings a week at Venice Beach when these exercise fans go through。military-style obstacle course with difficulty. These are middle-class citizens looking for the most painful drills, not army men fighting for the higher ranks. They arrive in expensive sports cars, not troop carriers. They are not preparing for battle but building up health. It's a routine run by a tough soldier wearing a serious look. He and three other uniformed drill instructors shout orders. Two dozen men and women absolutely follow them. They struggle through sit-ups and a three-mile run down the beach before starting the obstacle course. Participants pay US $75 a week to do; what millions of soldiers have experienced for nothing，but a down-and-dirty training that is far from fit-keeping exercises in fitness club. Members do regular health club exercises, such as kick boxing, strength training and stretching. But the long-distance beach run and the obstacle course work up their sweat. That sets this routine different from traditional fitness exercises. Along with the wall-climbing and low-crawling, the course requires jumping over obstacles, rope climbing and pull-ups. Sweat pours down the face of the trainees and sand gets stuck to their hair as they climb over the obstacle wall. But all of them are happy when the daily training is over. They pay to sweat. 69. Before they do push-ups on the ground, participants ______. A. are ordered by a soldier who pay to crawl under camouflage netting B. order a crying officer to crawl under camouflage netting C. are given orders to crawl under camouflage netting D. are ordered to pay a screaming soldier to crawl under camouflage netting 70. These people pay to sweat in order to ______. A. get the military ranks B. seek fun and joy C. build up their bodies D. be prepared for battles 71. A three-mile run down the beach is ______. A. something regularly fixed in the exercise B. to be done after the obstacle course C. done by a tough soldier wearing a serious look D. the most difficult part of the exercise 72. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? A. Millions of soldiers have experienced this exercise to get nothing. B. People have to pay US $75 a week to sweat in this exercise. C. This training is entirely different from the common gym exercises. D. It is a down-and-dirty training that is rather hard. E Sir, Last Saturday I watched the TV coverage（news report） of the latest Grand Prix motor race and could not fail to notice how much advertising there was. In particular, the leading car (and the one that eventually won) was almost constantly on the screen; it was painted to look like a packet of well-known cigarettes. Not only that, but the car was, on more than one occasion, referred to by the commentator not by the name of the driver or the motor company, but by the name of the product. However, the football team that I support is not allowed to wear shirts advertising anything when their matches are being televised. The rule preventing sportsmen and sportswomen from carrying advertisements on television is a good one. Keep it and do it. To take one example, what is the effect, I wonder, on the young and old, of the apparent connection between cigarette smoking and an exciting sport like motor-racing? L. H. Gray, London Sir, What a ridiculous situation our television companies find themselves in with regard to sport and advertising! I watched a televised football match in which the players did not carry any advertisements on their shirts, and yet there was advertising all around the ground. (Do the TV producers think we viewers are blind or something?) And when a well-known international player was interviewed after the match, both he and the interviewer referred by name to the make-ups firm! And as if that were not enough, the sports item that followed was the National Bank Golf Tournament. Advertising is all around us every day. Long live advertising, I say, and let the television companies recognize it and allow football players, athletes, racing drivers and others to wear sponsors'（赞助公司）advertisements. At least we would all know where we were! Mrs. R. P. Laing, Bristol 73. L. H. Gray would like to see ______. A. advertising officially forbidden from televised sport B. cigarette advertisements made illegal C. football teams wear shirts advertising certain products D. the law forbidding commercials will come into effect soon 74. Mrs. Laing believes that ______. A. sportsmen should be allowed to carry advertising on TV B. advertising cigarettes should be officially forbidden at football matches C. advertising on television should be forbidden D. golf tournaments should not be sponsored by banks 75. Both Gray and Laing agree that ______. A. sportsmen should be allowed to advertise on TV B. TV sport should allow advertising except for drink and cigarettes C. 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A．Because he was a cook at a country-music club． B．Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook． C．Because he often sang while cooking． D．Because he liked singing better than cooking． 57．Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful? A．Warner Brothers． B．His manager． C．His father． D．A businesswoman． 58．What made the writer proud of himself? A．His ability to live independently． B．His sense of responsibility in whatever he did． C．His courage in the face of rejections． D．His hard work in his early days． B HOTEL INFORMATION Baymont Inn Ft.Lauderdale 3800 W．Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale．FL 33309 Lowest Prices 110% Guaranteed. Room Information Rooms are equipped with Double, Queen , or King bed (s) , smoking or non-smoking based on location and availability. Provided in each spacious guest room is a hair dryer, coffee maker, iron, ironing board, 25’TV and guest voice mail． Check-in Time：7:00 P. M. 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Hotel Amenities：Parking，Heated Pool, Television with Cable, and Coffee Maker in Room． 59．Which hotel gives a promise? A．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale． B．Beach Plaza Hotel． C．Baymont Inn Hotel． D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel． 60．In which hotel parking is the cheapest? A．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale． B．Beach Plaza Hotel． C．Baymont Inn Hotel． D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel． 61．If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel． A．enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room B．are fond of swimming in heated water C．want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel D．are a cigarette smoker 62．Which of the following is NOT true to the ads? A．All of the three hotels provide television with cable． B．You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel． C．In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available． D．While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet． C About 1966 or so, a NASA (美国航空航天局) team doing work for the Apollo moon mission took the astronauts near Tuba City．There the landscape of the Navajo Reservation (保留地) looks very much like the lunar surface．Among all the trucks and large vehicles were two large figures that were dressed in full lunar space suits． Nearby a Navajo shepherd (牧羊人) and his son were watching the strange creatures walk about, occasionally being watched over by other NASA workers．The two Navajo people were noticed and approached by the NASA people．Since the shepherd and his son did not know English, they asked the NASA people who the strange creatures were．The NASA people told them that they were just men that were getting ready to go to the moon．The shepherd became very excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts． The NASA officials thought this was a great idea so they provided a tape recorder．After the man gave them his message, they asked his son to translate．His son would not． Later, they tried a few more people on the reservation to translate and every person they asked would chuckle (偷偷地笑) and then refuse to translate．Finally, with cash in hand someone translated the message, “Watch out for these guys, they have come to take your land!” 63．The appearance of the Navajo Reservation is very similar to that of ______． A．the Tuba City B．the moon C．the NASA research center D．the Apollo moon mission 64．When the older Navajo heard that the men in front of him were going to the moon, he ______． A．felt frightened and ran away quickly B．chatted excitedly with the NASA workers C．got on the modern trucks and large vehicles for fun D．tried to say something to the moon creatures 65．The son did not translate the words his father said because ______． A．he had trouble in understanding his father B．the words his father used were too difficult to be translated C．his father was sending a warning against the NASA people D．he believed that the NASA workers could understand their language 66．According to this passage, we can know that the shepherd was ______． A．patient and brave B．foolish and impolite C．humorous and intelligent D．knowledgeable and talkative D In summer, millions of people will head for the beach．And while the ocean can be a great place to swim and play, it may also be useful in another way．Some scientists think that waves could help make electricity． “Have you ever been on a surfboard or boat and felt yourself being lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the energy as waves crashed over you?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland．“There is certainly a lot of energy in waves．” Scientists are working on using that energy to make electricity． Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean．“The winds start out by making little ripples (波纹) in the water, but if they keep on blowing , those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves, ”Taylor said．“Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey．” When waves come towards the shore, people can set up dams or other barricades to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮) ．The turbine can then power an electrical generator (发电机) ． The United States and a few other countries have started doing research on wave energy , and it is already being used in Scotland． The resource is huge．We will never run out of wave power, besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil and coal． Oceans cover three quarters of the earth’s surface．That would make wave power seem perfect for creating energy around the world．There are some drawbacks, however． Jamie Taylor said that wave power still cost too much money．He said that its effects on animals in the sea were still unknown．Plus, wave power would get in the way of fishing and boat traffic． With more research, however, “many of these problems might be overcome,” Taylor said．“Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is growing quickly throughout the world．Finding more energy sources is very important, for traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may run out some day．” In the future, when you turn on a light switch, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity! 67．Which of the following is NOT true? A．Wave power costs too much money． B．Wave energy creates the same amount of pollution as other energy sources． C．Wave power affects fishing and boat traffic． D．Wave power may affect marine animals． 68．We can infer from the passage that ______． A．finding new energy sources like wave energy is important B．wave energy is a resource that will never run out and is used all over the world C．wave power is perfect for creating energy around the world D．wave power doesn’t create any pollution 69．The underlined word “drawbacks” probably means ______． A．regrets B．adventures C．disadvantages D．difficulties 70．What can be the best title for the passage? A．How to Get Electricity by Waves． B．A Huge Resource of Energy． C．Can Waves Make Electricity? D．The Disadvantages of Wave Energy． E There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or a product that can easily be identified and measured．The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts． By contrast , the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way．The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have , and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties．In this process, the journey never really ends；there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept． In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first．How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow．Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences．Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge．Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all． These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow．If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing．We become trapped inside a shell of our own making． 71．In the author’s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ______． A．succeed in climbing up the social ladder B．grow up from his own achievements C．face difficulties and take up challenges D．aim high and reach his goal each time 72．Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing? A．Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges． B．Jane won the first prize in the speech competition． C．Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris． D．Father’s salary rose from 5, 000 to 7,000． 73．For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT _______． A．being curious about more changes B．being quick in self-adaptation C．having an open mind to new experiences D．staying away from failures and challenges 74．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．It is not so easy to measure personal growth． B．To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is unavoidable． C．There are only two ways to see a person’s growth． D．If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot grow up． 75．The best title for this passage should be ______． A．Facing New Challenges B．Growth—Product or Process C．Two Basic Ways of Growth D．Overcoming Internal Fears 阅读理解训练题（六） A A bout ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH... !!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on.“That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?” “Please, mister, please... I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister,” he said. “He rolled of the curb （路沿）and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair?” he’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.” Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE — a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent （凹痕）to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you. 56．The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________. A. the businessman drove at a high speed B. he envied the brand-new car very much C. he wanted to ask for some money D. he wanted to get help from the driver 57．Which of the following is the right order of the story? a．The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car. b．The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair. c．The younger brother begged Josh for help. d．Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair. e．Josh shouted at the younger brother. A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d 58．What can we learn from the passage? A. Josh would accept the money from the kids. B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors. C. Josh was a kind-hearted man. D. Josh’s new car broke down easily. 59．According to the passage, the last sentence means ________. A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble D. protecting oneself from being hurt B Children are our future, and it’s up to us to arm them with the tools to succeed. Sadly, today’s children are being armed with more dangerous toolslike weapons, drugs and gangs. Once a relatively peaceful environment, many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers. Home schools are available to give you choices. Home schooling provides top-quality education, flexibility, and freedom to create your own schedule. At Heritage Home School we believe the choice should be yours. Thanks in part to modern technology, home schooling information is becoming readily available across our nation. A recent study by the ITBS （Iowa Tests of Basic Skills） and TAP （Tests of Achievement and Proficiency） shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average. In every subject at every grade level, students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools. If you’re new to home schooling, you may be asking yourself, “Will home schools really work for my children?” Fact: A nationwide study using a random（任意）selection of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring, on average, at or above the 80th percentile in all areas on standardized achievement test. Note: The national average on standardized achievement tests is the 50th percentile. Collectively, the staff at Heritage Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum. We’ve placed students in the top 2 % of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college. One study found that of the home schooled adults, 0% were unemployed, 0% were on welfare and 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons. For more home schooling information, call us today toll free at 1 （877） 532-7665. 60．We can learn from the first paragraph that ________. A. many schools armed their students with weapons B. violence and crime exist in many schoolyards C. students use weapons to defend their schoolyards D. weapons are more dangerous than drugs 61．All of the following are true of home schools EXCEPT that ________. A. students are free to choose their courses B. students do well in important national tests C. they help students find jobs D. they help students to be independent 62．What is the purpose of the text? A. To give information about different schools. B. To compare home schools with other schools. C. To suggest a new method of school education. D. To persuade people to choose home schools. 63．The advertisement is mainly aimed at ________. A. students B. parents C. teachers D. adults C The vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruits and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted diet, say that when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to make special provisions to supply the missing vitamins. An example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beri-beri”,which used to make large numbers of Eastern people who lived mainly on rice suffer. In the early years of last century, a Dutch scientist named Eijkman was trying to discover the cause of beri-beri. At first he thought it was transmitted by a germ. He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on polished rice which had had the outer coverings removed from the grain, it was thought this would be easier for weak and sick people to digest. Eijkman thought his germ theory was proved when he noticed the chickens in the hospital yard, which were fed on remains from the patients’plates, were also showing signs of the disease. He then tried to separate the germ, which he thought was causing the disease, but his experiments were interrupted by a hospital official, who ordered that the rice without coverings, even though left over by the patients, was too good for chickens. It should be recooked for the patients, and the chickens should be fed on cheap, rough rice with the outer coverings still on the grain. Eijkman noticed that the chickens began to recover on the new diet. He began to consider the possibility that eating unmilled rice（糙米）somehow prevented or cured beri-beri — even that a lack of some ingredient（成分）in the coverings may be the cause of the disease. Indeed this was the case. The element needed to prevent beri-beri was shortly afterwards separated from rice coverings and is now known as vitamin B. The milled rice, though more expensive, was in fact causing the disease the hospital was trying to cure. Nowadays, this terrible disease is much less common thanks to our knowledge of vitamins. 64．According to the passage, a good mixed diet ________. A. is suitable for losing weight B. should be only fruits and vegetables C. normally contains enough vitamins D. is often difficult to arrange 65．What do we know about the disease beri-beri? A. It killed large numbers of people. B. It resulted from lack of vitamins. C. It was transmitted by milled rice. D. It was caused by diseased chickens. 66．The ingredient missing from milled rice ________. A. was vitamin B B. did not affect the chickens C. did not result in beri-beri D. was named the Eijkman vitamin 67．What can be the best title of the passage? A. A Good Mixed Diet B. ________ New Discovery C. The Dangers of Beri-beri D. The Importance of Vitamins D BROOKSVILLE — It’s the time of year again, when young bears are on their own for the first time. And that means more sightings where bears usually aren’t supposed to be. This weekend, a 258-pound black bear took a brief tour of Brooksville, with police and firefighters chasing. Another black bear, weighing just 100 pounds, was spotted Saturday, crossing busy U. S. 19 near a retirement community in Spring Hill. Several other bear reports have come from Citrus County. “It is really difficult for the younger bears to find their own land around here,” said Niki Everitt, bear hot line director for the Gulf Coast Conservancy. Brooksville’s bear first was spotted late Thursday crossing State Road 50, headed toward Tom Varn Park. Police and firefighters tracked the bear through the park and the Brooksville Quarry golf course. The bear then wound down the middle of Broad Street before being surrounded near Luigi’s Pizza. An official with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission came with a tranquilizer spear （加入镇静的剂的矛）, planning to stick the bear by hand. “The guy saw the size of the bear and figured that wasn’t a great idea,” said Capt. Frank Phillips of the Brooksville Fire Department. Emergency officials waited until a tranquilizer gun was brought from Land O’Lakes. The bear then got a free ride to the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area. It is not unusual for bears to move into living areas this time of year, experts say. Mothers give their male baby bears the boot once the youngsters are 2 years old. With living areas growing, the young bears keep finding smaller and smaller areas in which they can set up their own land. “They’re trying to find a land of their own, where they won’t get beat up,” said Lt. Rip Stalvey, a game commission spokesman. Everitt said people should not be too concerned about the recent bear sightings, since “we have never had a bear attack in Florida.” Black bears mainly eat the tender and fresh leaves of Sabal palms, as well as acorns and berries. Recent weeks of dry weather likely have reduced their food supply. “If we don’t get some relief soon,” Everitt said, “we’re probably going to see a lot more of it.” 68．What’s the main idea of this passage? A. Bear sightings in living areas worry people. B. Policemen try hard to get the bears controlled. C. People take up too much land from bears. D. Bears come out to disturb people’s lives. 69．Which is true according to the passage? A. The 100-pound bear was caught near Luigi’s Pizza. B. The Gulf Coast Conservancy makes bears homeless. C. Brooksville’s bear was too large to be caught by hand. D. Bears frequently visit humans’living areas. 70．Bear sightings can usually be expected ________. A. in the cold season B. in the warm season C. near lakes or rivers D. near Luigi’s Pizza 71．The underlined phrase “give their male baby bears the boot”means“________”. A. make them wear the boots B. find new homes for them C. drove them away from home D. keep them in safe places E What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live among competing interests. Your roommate’s need to study for an exam may take priority（优先）over pizza. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the object of your romantic interest may have other choices. In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and favorable consideration to our point of view. When we persuade, we want to influence how others believe and behave. We may not always prevail — other points of view may be more persuasive, depending on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to ensure that our position receives the attention it deserves. Some people, however, object to the very idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome interruption into their lives. Just the opposite, we believe that persuasion is unavoidable — to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical（合乎道义的）or unethical, selfless or selfish, inspiring or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our minds or prey on our vulnerability. Ethical persuasion, however, calls on sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us apply the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. Therefore, the most basic part of education is learning to resist the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practice the other. Beyond its personal importance to us, persuasion is necessary to society. The right to persuade and be persuaded is the bedrock of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. 72．According to the passage, persuasion means ________. A. changing others’point of view B. exercising power over other people C. getting other people to consider your point of view D. getting people to agree with you and do what you want 73．The underlined word in the second paragraph “prevail” means“________”. A. win B. fail C. speak D. listen 74．The passage states that some people object to persuasion because they think it is ________. A. a danger to society B. difficult to do well C. unwelcome behavior D. never successful 75．The passage mainly discusses ________. A. how people persuade B. why people persuade C. that persuasion is both good and bad D. that persuasion is important and it is all around us 阅读理解训练题（七） A If you can't catch the bad guy, it's game over-- this is the rule of life for computer game players. But similar thoughts might be worrying US President George W Bush as he prepares for election year with the world's most wanted man still out of his reach. The hunt for Laden has been going on since the attack on New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Progress has been slow and, with John Kerry winning the race last Tuesday to compete against Bush in presidential elections, the president needs results. “If Laden can be caught before the presidential election. Bush will get an upper hand”, a senior US official told the New York Times. The American public's support for the war in Iraq has been falling, especially as the Bush govern¬ment cannot find the banned weapons it said were in the country. But the way in which the presidents popularity rose following the arrest of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in December shows how useful the capture of Laden would be. The latest information suggests the election will be close, with 48 percent of Americans saying they will vote for Bush and 46 percent hacking Kerry. In order to seize Laden, thousands of US soldiers were moved from Iraq to Afghanistan (阿富汗) earlier this week, according to a US official. Further efforts have been made to strengthen Afghanistan's border area with Pakistan, with soldiers checking nearby villages more frequently than before. 56. Which of the following statements is true? A. The arrest of Saddam did Bush some good. B. The American soldiers have sent Laden to prison. C. The arrest of Laden will make no difference to the election. D. Laden may hide himself far away from the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 57. We can infer from the passage that___________. A. it’ s difficult to catch Laden B. Bush will lose the presidential election C. Americans didn't set out to catch Laden until 2003 D. American presidential election will take place in October 58. What does the underlined word “banned” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. advanced B. dangerous C. forbidden D. expensive B Rules for the University Entrance Examination • You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states. • You must have proof of your name and grade as well as official examination number. Show these when you come to the examination center. • Depending on which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators. Other sub¬jects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully. • You must bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, school bags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for various subjects), and mobile phones. • Once in the center, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it. When you sit down, place your examination number at the top corner of your desk. • You must remain silent during the examination. You must not disturb other people who are taking the test. • If you need a drink or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor (监督者) to speak to you. You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break. • You must write your answers in the official answer sheet. Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make notes. • You may leave the examination room at any time if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please move well away from the examination center. • The supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the examination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until your paper is collected. 59. What kind of examination are these rules probably for? A. A local exam. B. A final exam. C. A college exam. D. A national exam. 60. What are you allowed to have with you when you take mathematics examination? A. Related material. B. Proof of yourself. C. A cell phone. D. A dictionary. 61. What should you do if you finish the test early, and want to get a better result? A. Take some notes carefully. B. Leave the room immediately. C. Remain in your seat and check again. D. Raise your hand to inform your teacher. 62. What can he provided for you during the exam? A. Pencils. B. Food and drink. C. Extra paper. D. Calculators. C In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. Many TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations are privately owned. The government does not give them money. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses. Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years. people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “Keeping your name before the public” And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told”. Now more and more people consider it in this way: Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually persuasive presentation of goods, services and ideas by some certain sponsors (发起人) through various media. First, advertising is usually paid for. Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see, read, and hear over the various media. Second, advertising is non-personal. it is not face-to-face communi¬cation. Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you, in reality, it is directed at large groups of people. Third, advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it asks people to do something. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can benefit them. Fourth, the sponsors of the advertisement must show their names. From the advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or a single person. Fifth, advertising reaches us through old and modem mass media. Included in the old media are newspapers. magazines, radio, television, and films. Modern media include emails, matchbox covers, and boards on top of buildings. 63. The existence of the privately owned mass media depends on the support of_____. A. the government B. their owners’ families C. advertisements D. the TV stations 64. The passage seems to say that different ideas of advertising are given due to A. the change 0f time B. the subject of the advertisements C. people's age difference D. peoples different opinions 65. Which of the following is considered modern mass media? A. Newspapers. B. Emails. C. Magazines. D. Films. 66 . According to the passage, which of the following Statements about advertisements is NOT true? A. The sponsors are always mentioned. B. Advertising must he honest and humorous * C. There is the description of things advertised D. Advertising is meant for large groups of people. D Trip 1 Black Bear Count There have been fires in this area in the last few years and the Office of the National Park is not sure how many black bears air still living. Some bears have been seen since the fires, and the Office has asked for young people to help count them. The entire trip will last three hours. Bookings necessary. Cost: Free When: May 8 Trip 2 Garland Valley Bring your drink and lunch for this walk in a beautiful area of the Blue Mountains. Garland Valley is close to the town of Garland hut is part of the National Park. Many wild animals live in this area, including many rare birds. This is a great walk for bird-lovers. The trip lasts four hours. Bookings necessary. Cost: $ 15 When: May 8, May 15 Trip 3 Flashlight Adventure Put on your warm clothes, bring a flashlight and a pair of glasses, and come for a night walk along the Dungog Valley. A guide will lead the tour. Many of the animals you will see on this trip can only he. seen at night. The guide will tell you about the lives 0f the animals you see. Numbers are strictly limited on night trips, so be sure to book early. This walk lasts two and a half hours. Cost: $ 12 When: May 8, May 15, May22 Equipment to be needed: • Please bring enough water and food for all walks. • Wear good walking shoes—no high heels. • Wear a hat for day walks. • Dress warmly for night walks. • Children must be with an adult. • Make sure your flashlight works well and bring extra batteries for night walks. • Follow all instructions from guides during the walks. The mountains are a dangerous place. Bookings: • Bookings for the above trips can be trade by telephone (893 — 4847) or on the Internet at www. Bluemountaintour. com 67. Where are these trips? A. In a large city. B. In a park in the mountains. C. In a special kind of zoo. D. In three different countries. 68. On which trip might you see animals that sleep during the day? A. Black Bear Count. B. Garland Valley. C. Flashlight Adventure. D. None of the trips. 69. Which of the following is NOT necessary for the three trips? A. Good walking shoes. B A pair of glasses. C. Food and water. D. A sleeping-bag 70. What is the best title for the passage? A. Adventure Travel in America B. Hunting around the Great Mountains C Interesting Trips in the East of the USA D. Discovery Trips in the Blue Mountains E It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out , and if it is really good science, it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they must be unknown in advance You cannot make choices on this matter. You either have science or you don't and if you have it you have to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and useful bits. The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we don’t know enough about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, a clear piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century to be told by any of us how little we know and how strange seems the way ahead . In earlier times, they either pretended to understand how things worked or simply made up stones to give answers. Now that we have begun exploring seriously, we are catching sight of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are sorry. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted. But we are making a beginning, and there ought to he some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t he answered, sooner or later. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, arid pay attention. 71. According to the writer, really good science_____________. A. would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century. B. will help people to make the right choice in advance. C. will produced results which can be predicted D. will bring about disturbing results 72. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century _________. A. thought that they knew a great deal and could deal with most problems of science B. knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature C. were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research. D. did more harm than good in man’s understanding nature 73 . Which of he following is NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times? A. They falsely declared to know all about nature. B. They did not believe in results from scientific observation. C. They paid little attention to the problems they didn’t understand. D. They invented false rules to explain things they didn’t understand. 74. What is the writer’s attitude towards science? A. He is sorry because of the ignorance of scientists B. He is delighted because of the latest scientific findings C. He is doubtful because of the great difficulties in scientific research. D. He is confident though he knows well the great difficulties in scientific research. 75. The writer believes that sooner or later__________. A. man can’t deal with all the problems he can find because of the limits of human knowledge B. man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up. C. questions concerning nature are outside the field of scientific research D. man can think up all the questions and answer them all 阅读理解训练题（八） A We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech. So, you have to give a speech—and you are terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank Goodness, it’s over. I’m just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.” Cheep up! It doesn’t have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience. If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens. 56．The main idea of this article is . A．that you can improve your speaking ability B．that a poor speaker can never change C．to always make a short speech D．that it is hard to make a speech 57．Paragraph 2 implies that . A．many people are afraid of giving a speech B．many people are happy to give a speech C．many people don’t prepare for a speech D．many people talk too long 58．The phrase “talk over their heads” means . A．speak too loudly B．look at the ceiling C．look down upon them D．use words and ideas that are too difficult 59．All of the following statements are TRUE except . A．few people know how to make good speeches B．a lecturer does not need to organize his speech C．research is important in preparing a speech D．there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability 60．The title for this passage may be . A．Do Not Make a Long Speech B．How to Give a Good Speech C．How to prepare for a Speech D．Try to Enjoy a speech B Theories of crime try to explain two quite different sides of the crime problem: first, why certain forms of behavior are described by society as crimes and second, what the causes of criminal behavior are. Theories about what makes up of criminal behavior have varied widely. One traditional belief is that the criminal code stands for God’s law and is independent of the will of man. In contrast, there is the modern idea that the criminal law is simply the instrument by which the ruling class maintains its power. There is also a wide variety of explanations for the cause of crime. There is the theory that assumes that an individual choose criminal conduct of his own free will and is therefore responsible for his actions. Other theories describe the criminal more or less as a helpless individual in the grasp of biological, psychological, or social forces beyond his reason or control. Modern studies of crime often depend heavily on statistics（统计）. For example, burglaries are most associated with the poor areas of large cities. But one thing is clear; it is that criminal behavior is connected with a great number of social, psychological, economic, political, legal, and moral factors. To search for the deciding factor of crime is a too simple action. 61．The author believes that the causes of criminal behavior are . A．primarily social B．simple and direct C．widely varied D．often religious 62．Laws which emphasize punishment for criminal behavior are based on the belief that . A．the criminal’s behavior is controlled by social factors. B．The criminal is responsible for his behavior. C．Crime is connected with poor urban areas. D．There are many causes of criminal behavior 63．The modern idea that the law is a means for the ruling class to maintain its power is essentially a . A．political theory B．psychological explanation C．moral theory D．biological explanation C CBC is a famous air company which has over twenty planes carrying passengers and goods, flying along 12 fixed lines all over the world. Its service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2003 and 2004 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table. Those about passengers’ things carried by the plane are Baggage problems. Customer service refers to service work with passengers are not satisfied with. Oversales of seats are about the fact that more seats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safe. Refund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money paid back to them because of what they have lost. Fares are problems about the price of tickets. Consumer Complaints Received By the CBC Category 2003 2004 Flight problems 20.2% 22.1% Baggage 18.3% 21.8% Customer service 3.1% 11.3% Oversales of seats 10.5% 11.8% Refund problems 10.1% 8.1% Fares 6.4% 6.0% Reservation & Ticketing 5.8% 5.6% Tours 3.3% 2.3% Smoking 3.2% 2.9% Advertising 1.2% 1.01% Credit 1.0% 0.8% Special passengers 0.9% 0.9% Others 6.0% 5.3% Total Number of Complaints 2,988 1,792 64．About how many complaints about Credit were received by the CBC in 2003? A．28 B．29 C．30 D．31 65．By about what percent did the total number of complaints decrease from 2003 to 2004? A．40% B．60% C．75% D．100% 66．If the circle graphs below show total consumer complaints for 2003, which graph shows a dark part that is about Flight problems and Refund problems together? 67．Which of the following statements can be inferred from the table? a.In 2003 and in 2004, complaints about Flight problem, Baggage, and Customer service together took about 50 percent of all consumer complaints received by the CBC Company. b.The number of Special passengers complaints was unchanged from 2003 to 2004. c.From 2003 to 2004 the number of Flight problem complaints increased by more than 2 percent. A．only a B．only b C．a and b D．a and c 68．From the passage we can know that . A．customers are not satisfied with CBC B．sometimes CBC sells more tickets than its plane’s fixed seats C．CBC has more than twenty planes which fly to all the capital cities of the world D．customers can only buy tickets with ready money D Beijing’s markets will soon be flooded with more and cheaper colourful fruit such as orange mangos and green durian （榴莲） all year round. Thanks to a new free trade agreement signed last Monday between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations（ASEAN）， more and more tropical Southeast Asian fruit will enter the country. The agreement means that from July 1,2005, China and ASEAN countries will begin to cut tariffs. There are about 7,000 products included in the cuts. As global communication develops, countries are trading more and more goods with each other. When products are sold across national borders, countries put a tax on them. This type of tax is called a tariff. Just like removing an obstacle from the path of these goods, the reduction of tariffs will encourage trade between China and ASEAN countries. It means more products and lower prices. The agreement will bring real benefits for Chinese customers, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. “In the Beijing markets you will easily find more tropical fruit like durian, which used to very, very, very expensive. Now they will be cheaper.” The current tariff rate on durian is 22 per cent but will fall to zero in 2005. In the first 10 months of this year China did US＄84.6 billion of trade with ASEAN countries. Experts believe this may reach US＄100 billion next year. Founded in 1967, ASEAN now includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. 69．A tariff is money paid . A．when buying goods B．to sell or buy products of foreign brand names C．to sell or buy goods across the border of the country D．to go through the customs 70．Which of the following statements about the agreement is NOT true? A．It will result in an increase in trade between China and ASEAN countries. B．In might cause the prices of ASEAN products to fall. C．It may greatly benefit the Chinese customers. D．It won’t bring any benefits to producers of ASEAN countries. 71．We can infer from the story that . A．China lacks fruit B．tariffs are an important factor in foreign trade C．tropical countries have cheaper fruit D．China prefers to trade with ASEAN countries 72．The best title for this passage is . A．Tariff Cut Boosts Trade B．Best Ways To Sell Fruits C．Tropical Fruit To China D．China Joins ASEAN E A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the earth but in the sun; in fact, at the sun’s very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is liberated at the center of the sun as billions upon billions of nuclei hydrogen atoms clash with each other and fuse together to form nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the sun requires that some 600 million tons of hydrogen be converted into helium（氦） in the sun every second. Thus the sun has been doing for several thousands of millions of years. The nuclear energy is released at the sun’s center as high-energy gamma radiation, a form of electromagnetic（电磁的） radiation like light and radio waves, only of very much shorter wavelength. This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms inside the sun, to be remitted at slightly longer wavelengths. This radiation in its turn, is absorbed and remitted. As the energy filters through the layers of solar inner, it passes through the X-ray part of the spectrum（光）, eventually becoming light. At this stage, it has reached what we call the solar surface, and can escape into space, without being absorbed further by solar atoms. A very small fraction of the sun’s light and heat is given off in such direction that, after passing unhindered through interplanetary space, it hits the earth. 73．What does the passage mainly discuss? A．The production of solar light and heat. B．The physical and chemical nature of life. C．The conversion of hydrogen to helium. D．Radiation in the X-ray part of the spectrum. 74．The passage indicates that, in comparison to radio waves, gamma waves . A．produce louder sound B．are less magnetic C．do not form in the sun’s center D．are not so long 75．According to the passage, through which of the following does the energy released in the sun pass before it becomes light? A．The X-ray part of the spectrum. B．Electromagnetic space. C．The solar surface. D．Interplanetary space. 阅读理解训练题（九） A Consulates (领事馆) exist to help citizens abroad to help themselves. Every year millions of people go abroad for pleasure or profit. There are consular officers ready to do what they can to help if people get into difficulties, but for all sorts of reasons there are limits to what they can do. Most times things go well for travellers abroad but occasionally things go wrong. So, whether you are an experienced traveller or a first timer, going by yourself, with the family or a group there are things you should do before you go. Think about money sand tickets well in advance. Take enough money including enough to pay your return fare, and hold on to it. Better still, buy return tickets in the first place. In an emergency a consul will contact relatives or friends and ask them to help you with money or tickets. But there's no law that says a consul has to lend you money and if he eventually does (and it will have to be repaid) he will want to be satisfied first that you really do have no money and there is no one else you know who can help. It is also important to take out proper insurance for everything from car breakdowns to loss of life. A consul cannot pay your medical or any other bills, nor can he do the work of local travel representatives or motoring organizations. 56. What is the author trying to do in the text? A. To inform people about laws abroad. B. To describe an international problem. C. To explain how to visit a consulate. D. To give advice about consulates. 57. Why would somebody read the text? A. To know how to contact a consul. B. To find out how to make a complaint. C. To know when to contact a consul. D. To find out where a consul lives. 58. You can borrow money from a consul if you A. need to stay' abroad longer. B. have to help a relative C. have no other financial means D. need to have your car repaired 59. Which of the following notices would you see in Consular Office? A. CONSULAR OFFICE In an emergency you may contact your consul. He may give you advice but you should not rely on being given financial help. B. CONSULAR OFFICE In an emergency you may contact this office. Your consul can always help with hospital and dental costs. C. CONSULAR OFFICE You may contact your consul if you have run out of money. He will arrange for you to receive help if you cannot pay your bills. D. CONSULAR OFFICE Your consul is here to help you. It' your car has broken down or you me experiencing travel difficulties of any kind. contact your consul. B Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son's soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son's team in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement. With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son's teammate, Mickey O'Donnel. With shouts of "Kick it!" echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted. O'Donnel had scored! Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored. The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, "I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!" For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, "Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!" Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal. Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, "It was a tie. Everybody won." 60. What was the score of the soccer match? A. Two to two, equal to both the teams. B. Three to one in Mickey's team's favor. C. Two to one in the opposite team's favor. D. Everybody won because of Mickey's goal. 61. The underlined word "hush" in paragraph 3 means A. cheer B. cry C. laughter D. silence 62. What did the author worry about when Mickey scored and hugged his son? A. The result of the match would fail his son. B. His son would shout at Mickey for his goal. C. Mickey would again hug the opposing players. D. His son would understand Mickey's wrong goal. 63. It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A. both teams liked and respected Mickey B. both teams were thankful to Mickey for his goal C. Mickey didn't mind though his goal was wrong D. Mickey was a kind- hearted boy and hoped everybody won 64. The purpose of the author in writing the passage is ________. A. to tell a joke to make readers laugh B. to suggest we should not mind losing C. to show enjoying a game is more than winning a game D. to present his son's fine qualities of understanding others C WHAT'S ON STAGE Russian dances: The famous "Little White Birth" Dance Troupe will travel from Russia to present performances in Beijing. The troupe, founded in 1948, is famous for their combination of Russian folk dances and classical dancing art. It has been invited by the Beijing Foreign Culture Exchange Co to give four performances in Beijing. Tickets are available through ticket hotlines and website such as www. paio. com. cn, www. chinaticket, com and www. ticket, elong. com. Time: 7: 30 pm, January 18 - 21 Place: Beizhan Theatre, 135, Xiwai Dajie, Xicbeng District Tel: 6606-4258 EXHIBITIONS Kite show: All together 81 kites collected by the China National Art Museum is on show in the Yanhuang Art Museum. Kong Xiangze, an expert on Chinese kites, published a book on kites, explaining the origins of the Kite-making process. The exhibited kites arc made in a traditional Chinese style. Time: 9 am-5 pm until February 11 Place: 9 Huizhong Lu Tel: 6491-2902 CONCERTS Folk music: A concert of classics of Chinese folk music will greet audiences on the first day of the Year of Snake at the Beijing Concert Hall. The China Song and Dance Ensemble will perform dozens of traditional instrumental pieces, such as "Full of Joy", "Colourful Cloud Chasing the Moon." and "Spring Festival Suite." Time: 7: 30 pm, January 24 Place: 1, Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District Tel: 6559-8285 EXENTS Flower festival: The Beijing Botanical Garden is bringing people a blooming festival with the beautiful flowers in its tropical (热带) plants greenhouse. The garden has introduced nearly 80 kinds of flowers abroad for the exhibition. There is also an exhibition of potted narcissus (水仙) landscapes. More than 300 mini landscapes involving imported narcissus will be displayed, people can get a preview of the show by visiting www. beijingbd, com, the garden's website. Time: 8:30 am-5 pm until January 28 Place: Wofosi Lu near the Fragant Hills Tel: 8259-5547 65. Suppose you are too far away from Beijing or you can't spare time to go there in person, which of the following show can you enjoy all the same? A. Russian dances. B. Kite show C. Folk music D. Flower festival 66. The phrase "get a preview of" used in the passage means ________. A. watch in advance B. see clearly C. get good position of D. get a general idea of 67. If you and vour classmates have a free evening to ,pend on the 19th of January, which is a useful number to call? A. 6606-4258 B. 6491-2902 C. 6559-8285 D. 8259-5547 D The following are four kinds of medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take some by mistake. Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further nighttime and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For children between six and twelve years old, give half the adult dosage（剂量）. For children under six years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place. Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen-year- olds. As usual, a pill at 6:00a.m. before breakfast, one before 11:00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack. The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adults. Don’t take the medicine without fever. Half for children under 12 years old. For children with a high fever, go to see a doctor at once. The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adults with a cold. Half of the pills for children under 14 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep. 68. If a little child under six has a fever, it’s suggested that he ________. A. take two tablets before sleep B. stop to take another pill C. take one tablet before sleep D. go to see a doctor 69. Obviously a kind of medicine mentioned above isn’t proper for ___, judging from the information. A. children over twelve years old B. some adults of 18 years old C. some old persons with heart attack D. neither adults nor children 70. When an adult has a cold, he had better __________. A. have as many as fifteen pills a day B. have twice a day C. have four times a day D. have nine pills a day 71. How many kinds of medicine can be taken by children of seven years old? A. Two kinds. B. Three kinds. C. None. D. Four kinds. E Experts have put forward detailed plans tot a tunnel (隧道) to join Taiwan with the Chinese mainland. The shortest proposed route would be 126 kilometers-more than twice the length of the English Channel Tunnel. And the longest proposed route would be 207 kilometers. A recent conference in Xiamen, Fujian Province brought together more than 70 experts. The event was co-sponsored (共同发展) by universities from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. Fujian is the province where beth proposed routes would begin. There is no direct passenger access (通道) between the mainland and Taiwan by air or sea at the moment. Experts say that it is better to start research sooner rather than later, although there is a lack of government funding. There are no technical problems to build a Taiwan tunnel. But it will require an improved political relationship across the Straits. A professor of Tsinghua university said, "A special feature of huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the period of construction." For example, he said, the English Channel Tunnel took 14 years of planning and had been discussed for two centuries. And preparations for the huge Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River began in the 1950s. The Xiamen conference focused (集中) on the longest southern route., which would use the Taiwan-controlled islands of Jinmen and Penghu as stepping stones. The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cross the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen. This would mean that travelling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes. The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometer Land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in Italy. The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020. 72. Which is the longest tunnel in the world at present? A. The English Channel Tunnel. B. The tunnel between Lyon and Turin. C. The Taiwan Straits tunnel. D. The passage doesn't mention it. 73. The example of English Channel Tunnel shows _______. A. it's not easy to complete a huge project B. there are many problems to be solved before doing something C. discussions among countries usually take a lot of time D. the preparation takes longer time than the construction 74. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Universities both at home and abroad have sponsored (赞助) the plan. B. If the project is completed, the world's longest tunnel will appear. C. You can't reach Taiwan from the mainland directly at present. D. The starting point of the proposed tunnel is in Fujian. 75. What is the possible difficulty in carrying out the plan? A. The lack of money for the project from the government. B. Improving the relationship between Taiwan and the mainland. C. The detailed plans for the tunnel. D. The technical problems with the tunnel. 阅读理解训练题（十） *A* Everyone has got two personalities – the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behaviour, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in. If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident. If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You’re very stubborn,but you aren’t very ambitious. You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time. If you sleep on curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt. If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people. 56. According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality _______. A. only in a normal night B. only when you go to sleep C. only when you refuse to show yourself to the world D. only when you change sleeping position 57. Maybe you don’t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why? A. He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you. B. He or she is rarely ready to help you. C. He or she prefers staying at home to going out. D. He or she wouldn’t like to get help from you. 58. It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _______. A. he or she always shows sympathy for people B. he or she is confident, but not stubborn C. he or she has more strengths than weakness D. he or she often considers annoying people B He has lived through countless dangers but time may be running out for the Palestinian (巴勒斯坦) leader, Yasser Arafat. On September 11, Israel (以色列) announced its decision to remove him, following several Palestinian suicide bomb attacks on Israel. "He should take some responsibility for the killings," an Israeli official said. "He has done nothing to stop the terrorist groups." But the decision has angered many other countries. China said that Arafat is the true leader, elected by the Palestinian people, and removing him would harm the peace in the Middle East. This view is shared by other governments. Arafat himself said: "They can kill me, but never get me out of my country." He has spent most of his life in danger as the chief target of Israel. But, just like a cat with nine lives, Arafat escaped every time. For years he has made a practice of sleeping in a different bed each night, thinking a moving target is harder to hit. In 1985, Israel sent fighter planes to kill Arafat. The wild bombing destroyed his old headquarters in Tunis but Arafat himself was unhurt. In 1992, the aircraft in which he was flying over north Africa broke in two during a crash landing. The crew was killed but he managed to remain alive. What is so unbelievable is that he always remains calm in great danger. Israeli tanks and helicopters attacked his headquarters in Ramallah in December, 2001. When they saw the attackers coming, Arafat's bodyguards ignored his orders to stay still and carried him to safety underground. Seconds later, several bombs exploded nearby. Though safe, his bodyguards were so scared they were soaked in sweat. But Arafat, with Israeli tanks only 200 metres away, showed no fear at all. He stayed in the damaged office, contacting foreign leaders in hope of preventing further attacks from Israel. All these experiences have made him a mysterious man, and one of the world's most legendary leaders. But has he used up the last of his nine lives? Only time will tell. 59. What is the main idea of the story？ A. Arafat was in danger again after Israel's decision to remove him. B. Arafat faced dangers without fear. C. Arafat was one of the most legendary leaders in the world. D. Arafat may have used up the last of his nine lives. 60. Which is not one of the reasons that Arafat managed to live through countless dangers? A. Luck. B. He was very careful. C. He kept a clear head in danger. D. He had mysterious powers. 61. What does the boldfaced word “scared” in the last paragraph but three mean? A. Glad. B. Frightened. C. Feeling lucky. D. Worried. 62. Arafat's answer to Israeli decision showed ______. A. that he wasn't afraid of danger B. his determination to stay in his own country C. that he has belief in himself D. both A and B C There are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei along necklace of beautiful fresh flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirts, and women often wear long flowered dresses. There are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Filipino holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha State. Aloha means both hello and goodbye. It also means “I love you”. Usually when people from different countries, races, and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are a few problems in Hawaii, but in general, people have learned to live together in peace. Hawaiians earn most of their money from travelers and most of the travelers come from the mainland and from Japan. There are many people living in Hawaii now so there are residential areas where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugar and pineapple companies have moved to the Philippines, where they do not have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the U.S. mainland own the important banks and companies. Japanese are also buying or starting businesses here. 63. The special tradition in Hawaii includes______. A．giving visitors a lei of beautiful fresh flowers. B．Men wear bright flowered shirts C．Women often wear long flowered dresses D．All of the above. 64. The most important problem in Hawaii is ________. A．to learn to live together in peace. B．To earn money from travelers C．To find a comfortable place to live D．To unite different holidays. 65. The main travellers are from ________. A．Europe B．America C．Japan D．B and C 66. Which is not the transformation in Hawaii? ________. A．Farms have become residential areas B．Some big sugar and pineapple companies have moved to Philippines C．Japanese are buying or starting in Hawaii now D．The families of the first people who came from Europe own the important banks and companies *D* Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people. The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged. Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born. Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep, therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology. 67. What does “these two killers” in the second paragraph refer to ? A. gene technology and another treatment of the two diseases. B. The two murderers who killed the cloned baby C. The two diseases of cancer and heart disease D. Hereditary diseases and cancer 68. What’s the main idea of the third paragraph? A. How gene technology can be applied in the field of treating hereditary diseases. B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies. C. Gene technology can help people to give birth of a baby. D. Gene technology can help the English imperial family out 69. In what way gene technology can help to treat hereditary diseases? A. Using gene technology, people with hereditary diseases can have more living days. B. Using gene technology, scientist finds the wrong gene and corrects it. C. Using gene technology, human babies can be cloned. D. Doctors can cure cancer and heart disease with the help of gene technology. 70. What is the main purpose of writing this passage? A. Expressing the writer’s idea that gene technology will benefit people B. Telling people the advantages of gene technology C. Telling the readers that gene technology will not benefit people D. Explaining that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity E The European capital cities, Berlin and London, running the third and the fourth richest economies in the world, both produce about a metric ton of rubbish for each household per year. But when it comes to disposing of their citizens’ waste, the comfortable similarities end. London, and Britain as a whole, is in the middle of a waste crisis. Today, the environment secretary, Margaret Beckett, is presiding over a waste summit to try to find out why the UK is not going to reach its 25% recycling and composting (转制成堆肥) target by 2005; currently, it is managing 11% By comparison, Berlin and Germany know exactly where they are going. Although Berlin has been the capital for less than a decade, and has had east and west to unite, it has already reached 40% recycling. The city has one ambition: to have no rubbish to dump or burn in 20 year’s time. So far, the city has not decided quite how, but it is developing new technologies and moving steadily in the right direction. London, by comparison, has a chaotic system. The 33 boroughs all have different recycling systems. Ken Livingstone, who since taking office as mayor has published a brand-new waste management strategy for the capital, is responsible for sorting out this hotch potch. One of the most contentious issues both for London and Berlin is incineration, with both cities burning a large proportion of their waste---London 20% and Berlin 32% Here again Berlin has made decisions and London is uncertain. Berlin has a state of the art incinerator in the 1970s and upgraded constantly until in the 1990s it is impossible to detect any emissions but warm gases. The city has abandoned plans to build another and instead wants to make the existing one redundant by reducing the waste so there is none to burn London boroughs have plans to increase the size of the incinerator at Edmonton and there are plans to build more elsewhere. But Livingstone is resisting and the government is already rethinking its current energy from waste policy. Samantha Heath, the chair of Greater London Authority’s environment committee, wants to invest in the market for recycled goods so there is somewhere for the material to go and a prospect of selling it, or at least disposing of it for less than the price of incineration or landfill Ingolf Rank, spokesman for Berlin’s City Cleaning company has some advice: “The first task is to get the public on your side.” Each household has to pay 40 pounds every three months to dispose of its rubbish. In future, the less they create, the more they recycle and compost, the less they will have to pay, he says. Each house in Berlin has a series of different coloured bins for refuse so glass, paper and plastics can be separated for recycling. This allows 800 000 tonnes of rubbish a year to be turned back into useful items. But Berlin has ideas that have not ever been heard of in London. For example, at this time of year, thousands of trees that line Berlin’s streets shed their leaves. Rather than put these leaves into general rubbish and add to the problems of disposal, they are collected up in large vacuum cleaners and turned into garden compost. Most of London has no composting service at all. Another system that stops material even being called rubbish is a collection service for second-hand furniture and electrical goods less than seven years old. Each offering is inspected, taken to a central shop, and sold at low cost to poorer people. It saves a lot of material being dumped. Not all goes according to plan in Berlin, however. Rank says that people dump waste in the streets, like mattresses, old furniture or just general rubbish cost the city 2.8 million pounds a year. One problem the city has tried to solve but failed, is the excreta of 150 000 dogs. Rank says it is the owners’ responsibility to clean up after their pets but police who tried enforce the law were “sometimes bitten (by the dogs), insulted by the owners and even beaten up. As a result we still have to clean up 40 tonnes of droppings every day. Nobody is happy about that.” 71. Which of the following is correct? __________ A.By 2005, UK is going to reach its 25% recycling and composting target. A. UK has survived a waste crisis already. B. Berlin has 33 boroughs with different recycling systems. C. Germans are ambitious to have no rubbish to dump or burn in 20 years’ time. 72. Which is the main way for the two countries to deal with rubbish? A. To bury. B.To incinerate. C.To sell D.To compost. 73.Inferring from the passage, which of the following is the main factor for Germans’ abandoning the incineration system? A. Citizens’ protest. B. High opportunity cost. C. Air pollution. D. Less produced rubbish. 74. What do people in Berlin do with the fallen leaves? A. Landfill. B. Burning. C. Putting then into the dustbin. D. Turning them to fertilizer. 75. The writer uses the ______as a figure of speech. A. Simile B. Metaphor C. contrast D. personification 阅读理解训练题（一）解答提示 56. A词义猜测题。根据They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 可知这个词与癌症有关，故可推出carcinogenic意为"致癌的"。 57. C细节题。根据People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.可知还没有人知道"苏丹红"名称的由来。 58. B推断题。根据EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.可知某些食品因含有"苏丹红"而被召回。故可推断"苏丹红"经常用作食品添加剂。 59. B主旨大意题。根据there has been confusion over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever. 可知本文主要讲"苏丹红"与苏丹这个国家是否有联系的问题，故B最佳。 60.C文章的第一段中，作者叙述了乘客在坐长途车中所见的是广告牌。 61.A全文都是作者表述对乘车长途旅行中的广告的意见和看法。 62.D从第三段作者对"长途乘车中广告太多"所表达的情况看，作者不太喜欢沿途的广告牌。 63.B由文章第一段第一句和第二句可知答案为B。 64.A由第三段第一句和第二句可知。 65.B第一段第二句可知。 66.A从前面所列举的树木的名字可猜出是一种树。 67.C由文中第三段中的叙述，1924－1906＝18。 68.C由第四段第一、二句可知。 69.A推断题。根据making him the world’s third richest man可知 Laksmi Mittal是世界上排名第三的富人，其他三人在他之后，故这四人中他最富。 70.C推断题。根据有两个，一是：There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine.根据本句可知，财产超过亿万的富豪有691人。二是：JK Rowling ，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.根据本句可知罗琳财产为5亿1千9百万美元，排在富豪榜第620位，故财产在她之下的亿万富豪为70人左右。 71.A细节题。根据though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong可知中国大陆无人进入富豪榜前60名，但香港有人进入，故A项陈述是错误的。 72.C推断题。根据among them is JK Rowling，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars.可知JK罗琳主要是因为她写的小说《哈利波特》而位居排行榜第620位，故可断定她写的书一定很畅销。 73.C 细节题。根据Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan (US$6)可知，April fool’s party晚会化了妆的人可以免费，未化妆的人是要收费的。故C项是不正确的。 74.C细节题。根据Practice your Chinese可知Language in use的对象是汉语学习者。 75.B推断题。这个广告标题La Nuit Francaise不像英文，同时根据an opportunity for all French people and everyone interested in France or speaking French to gather together.可知它的对象是法国人及对法国感兴趣的人，可以断定这个标题是用法语写的。 阅读理解训练题（二）解答提示 56.C 由第一段和第二段可知。 57.A 由第四段第二句可知。 58.D 由第五段第一句可知。 59.D 本文主要是谈中国具有教育性的玩具。 这是一篇广告，主要介绍了北京朝阳剧院的杂技节目、中国儿童剧院的戏剧《绿帽子》、北京人民艺术剧院的《木偶戏》和长安大剧院的京剧节目播出的相关信息。 60.C本题为细节判断题。Story of Puppets是在北京人民艺术剧院演出而不是在中国儿童剧院，故A不正确；由广告一可知参加演出的一些演员获过奖，而不是在这些节目由获过奖的人演出，故选项B不正确；广告四并未提及京剧演出者来自全国各地，故选项D不正确；由广告二、广告三可知这两个剧院在三月五号有演出，故有两个剧可选择。 61.D本题为细节判断题。在March 15继续举行演出的只有广告一中所提到的杂技节目，因为演出是每天晚上`7∶15（7∶15 p.m. Daily）。 62.A 本题为正误判断题。由广告三可知Story of Puppets将融合京剧（Peking Opera）, 昆曲（Kunqu Opera），平剧（Pingju Opera）等，故A选项正确。 本文是一篇新闻报道类文章。主要介绍了在北京举办的观众喜爱的动画人物模仿秀的表演中，一位特别引人注目的扮演Curarpikt的15岁女孩Shi Jia的有关情况。 63.A 通读全文可知本文是重点介绍上星期在北京举办的观众喜爱的动画人物模仿秀，其中一位特别引人注目，她是扮演Curarpikt的15岁女孩Shi Jia，所以选A。动画片的角色很多，Curarpikt只是孩子们喜欢的角色之一，所以可以排除B；cosplay文中已有该单词的注解，意为"角色扮演"，显然C项错误。被模仿的角色是动画片中的人物，文章所介绍的模仿秀是在舞台上进行表演，不是在动画片中扮演角色，故也排除D项。 64.C 根据本文第三段Shi Jia之所以扮演Curarpikt是因为she likes him and is attracted by his courage and personality,从文章的第三段她说的话可以证实。 65.D 根据Shi Jia在最后一段中所说的话"I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby..."可以推测distract意为"分散注意力"；get rid of：摆脱；keep out of: 不让某人进入，让某人避开某物；give courage to：鼓励。 66.B 据第二段第二句话可以知道A项正确；从第一段观众对Shi Jia出现在台上的热烈反应可知表演很成功，也由此可知teenagers十分喜欢动画片人物，因此排除C、D两项；从最后一段I don’t want to upset them, that’s my secret hobby.可知Shi Jia的 父母不支持她。 本文讲述美国著名运动员Jesse Owens生平的简要情况。 67.C 文中提到She (Owens teacher) thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name。 68.B 文中提到"... he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later"。 69.A 从文章中可以推断是种族歧视的原因。 70.C 从keep sb. alive可以得知。 71.A 整篇文章都是讲的这名著名的运动员Jesse Owens。 E 星际探索固然重要，可是怎样打发漫漫旅途呢？别急，人类"冬眠"技术让你一觉睡到目的地。 结构层次：星际探索旅途遥远，漫长的时间难以打发；欧洲科学家正在研制"冬眠"技术；科学家们需要解决两个问题：降低太空人的新陈代谢速度；给太空人提供理想的栖身处。 72.D 推理判断题。由原文第三段可以推出答案。 73.C 细节判断题。由原文第四段的最后一句可知。 74.D 推理判断题。由原文最后一段的第一句话中could一词的委婉语气可推出答案。 75.A 标题判断题。认真分析原文可知，本文自始至终介绍的是在星际探索中使用冬眠技术的研究情况，因此以Hibernation study for space travel为题既具有高度的概括性、强烈的针对性，又具有一定的醒目性。 阅读理解训练题（三）答案 56-60CDDBA 61-65CDABA 66-70DDABC 71-75DCDCD 阅读理解训练题（四）答案 56-60 BDBDB 61-65 DCCBB 66-70 DBDCC 71-75 AAAAC 阅读理解训练题（五）答案 56-60BDBAA 61-65CCBDC 66-70CBACC 71-75CADCB 阅读理解训练题（六）答案 56-60DACCB 61-65CDBCB 66-70ADACB 71-75CCACD 阅读理解训练题（七）答案 56-60AACDB 61-65CCCAB 66-70BBCDD 71-75CABDB 阅读理解训练题（八）答案 56-60 AADBB 61-65CBACA 66-70DABCD 71-75BAADA 阅读理解训练题（九）答案 56-60DCCAA 61-65DBACD 66-70AACCA 71-75DDDAB 阅读理解训练题（十）答案 56-60BABCD 61-65BDDAD 66-70DCABA 71-75DBBDC查看更多