河北海兴中学09年高考英语二轮专项复习阅读理解加强版

河北海兴中学09年高考英语二轮专项复习阅读理解加强版
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高【第一组】
（A）
Acorn Bank
Garden & water mill
A delightful walled garden with old varieties of fruit trees and flower borders, set against the backdrop of a 17th-century red sandstone house overlooking the Eden Valley. Herb garden planted with over 200 medicinal and culinary herbs. Dogs on leads are welcome on woodland walks. Children’s activity sheet available.
Temple Soverby, Near Penrich, CA 10 lsp
Tel: 017683 61893
Open:
19 March—30 October, daily except Monday and Tuesday, 10 am—5pm
Tearoom open from 11am—4. 30 pm, Shop 10am—5pm
Price: Adult ￡3, Child ￡1.5, Family ￡7.5
The Beatrix Potter Gallery
Original sketches and watercolors by Beatrix Potter for her children’s tales. 2005 exhibition will feature. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and The Tale of the Pie and The Patty-Pan. Also on display in this atmospheric 17t h-century building is information on Beatrix Potter’s life.
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead, LA22 ONS
Tel: 015394 36355
Open:
19 March—30 October, 10am—4. 30 pm, daily except Thursday and Friday. Also open 12—20 February, 2 & 3 June and 27 & 28 October.
Price: Adult ￡3.50, Child ￡1.70, Family ￡8.70
Hilltop
Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated many of the famous children’s stories in this 17th-century farmhouse which she bought 100 years ago. Today you can view her personal treasures and step into the garden which is planted with flowers and vegetables, just as it would have been in Beatrix Potter’s time.
Please note that this is a small and popular house, which gets very busy especially in school holidays. At peak times there are queues and by the end of the day not all visitors may be able to visit the house (we apologize for this). Please collect a timed ticket (including NT members) from the ticket office in the car park on your arrival.
Hill Top, Near Sawrey, La22 OLF Tel: 015394 36269
Open:
19 March—30 October, 10: 30 am—4. 30 pm, daily except Thursday and Friday. Also open Thursday in August and 2 & 3 June and 27 & 28 October.
Shop and Garden open Thursday and Friday, 10:am—5 pm. Ring for winter opening.
Price: Adult ￡5, Child ￡2, Family ￡12
1. From the ads mentioned above, we can learn _______.
A. visitors can admire the scene of the Beatrix Potter’s time in Hill Top
B. visitors can admire the beautiful natural in both the Beatrix Gallery and Hill Top
C. the Beatrix Potter Gallery is more popular with children than Hill Top
D. Beatrix Gallery neighbours Hill Top
2. If the Simths and their 2 children visit the 3 sites, they will have to pay _______.
A. ￡28.2 B. ￡23.4 C. ￡28 D. ￡33
3. If you have the tickets, you must be able to _______.
A. visit Hill Top at opening time
B. visit the Beatrix Potter Gallery on Friday
C. visit Acorn Bank at opening time
D. visit the three sites at any time
4. We can learn from the ads that _______.
A. you can enjoy yourself with a dog as you like at Acorn Bank
B. it is convenient for you to get a timed ticket for Hill Top
C. children who have passed a quiz will be admitted to the Beatrix Potter Gallery
D. you can book the tickets for Hill Top through the telephone number 015394 36355
【解题导语】 本篇为旅游广告，介绍了各旅游点具体情况。
【长难句理解】
①Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated many of the famous children’s stories in this 17th-century farmhouse which she bought 100 years ago.
本句为复合句。which引导一个定语从句，修饰farmhouse。
② Today you can view her personal treasures and step into the garden which is planted with flowers and vegetables, just as it would have been in Beatrix Potter’s time.
本句为复合句。which引导一个定语从句，修饰garden；as引导方式状语从句，此时 as 可译为“如；像；按照”。
③ Please note that this is a small and popular house, which gets very busy especially in school holidays.
本句为复合句。That引导一个宾语从句；which引导一个非限制性定语从句。
【答案及简析】
1．A 细节判断题。由Hill Top广告中第一段最后一句“just as it would have been in Beatrix Potter’s time.”可知A。
2．A 计算题。通过全文我们知道，三个旅游地的家庭票：7.5+8.7+12=28.2，所以选A。
3．C 细节判断题。在Hill Top广告第二段中有“…not all visitors may be able to visit the house”可知选项A不正确；根据The Beatrix Potter Gallery中“daily except Thursday and Friday”，周五不开放，所以选项B不正确；这三个旅游地都有时间限制，所以D也不正确。
4．B 判断题。由Hill Top最后一段“Please collect a timed ticket (including NT members) from the ticket office in the car park on your arrival.”可知答案。
(B)
Climate change experts from the Tyndall Climate Research Centre in Britain have said urgent action is needed to curb the rapid growth in air travel if the government is to meet its commitments on tackling global warming. This report from Stephen Evans:
Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel. According to the British government, the number of British air passengers, for example, will more than double in the next quarter of a century. Increases of such an order would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and aviation fuel may be more harmful to the environment than other fuels because the resulting smoke is emitted at high altitudes.
A group of scientists at the environmental research group, the Tyndall Centre, says that if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions, other uses of fuel like for heating homes or driving cars would have to be cut dramatically.
The British government wants the use of aviation fuel covered by international agreement on the environment. The difficulty for any individual government is that taxing fuel used at its own airports might push airlines to move their operations to competing airports in other countries.
5．Which statement is TRUE
A. A lot of people around the world have recently stopped flying because they have less money to spend and the price of plane tickets is going up
B. Half as many people as today will fly in the next 25 years.
C. Because more planes are suing more flight petrol and more pollution is being produced in the sky.
D. The British government would like all countries to agree not to tax airline fuel.
6．Which is the reason that leads to the rapid growth in global air travel
A. The increase of incomes and the decrease of ticket prices.
B. The growth of the number of good planes.
C. The falling of the oil price.
D. The encouragement of the governments.
7．The Tyndall Centre says ________.
A. the number of British air passengers will more than double in the next quarter of a century.
B. Britain will have to use less energy at home and on the roads to meet the goal of cutting pollution.
C. If airports are taxed for using fuel by each country’s government, then airlines might use other airports with cheaper fuel taxes.
D. Only the use of aviation fuel needs to be cut down to meet the overall target for cutting damaging emissions.
8． What’s the best title of the text
A. Falling Ticket Prices and Rising Incomes
B. Growth in Air Travel Harms Environment
C. Rapid Growth in Global Air Travel
D. More Flight Petrol, More smoke
【解题导语】 www. ( http: / / www. / )
本文介绍了当前时兴的空中旅行以及空中旅行给环境带来的危害。
【长难句理解】
① Climate change experts from the Tyndall Climate Research Centre in Britain have said urgent action is needed to curb the rapid growth in air travel if the government is to meet its commitments on tackling global warming.
本句为复合句。Climate change experts为主语，have said为谓语，urgent action is…为宾语从句；if为条件状语从句。
② Increases of such an order would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and aviation fuel may be more harmful to the environment than other fuels because the resulting smoke is emitted at high altitudes.
本句为复合句。Than引导一个比较状语从句。much more aviation fuel being burned为动名词复合结构。
③ The difficulty for any individual government is that taxing fuel used at its own airports might push airlines to move their operations to competing airports in other countries.
本句为复合句。That引导一个表语从句。
【答案与简析】
5．C 根据第二段“Increases ... would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and ... emitted at high altitudes.”可知答案选C。
6．A 根据第二段首句Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel.可知答案。
7．B 根据最三段if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions,… 可知答案。C在最后一段出现，非The Tyndall Centre发布。本题易误选C。
8．B 主旨大意题。综观全文可知本文讲的是空中旅行给环境带来的危害。ABC讲的是空中旅行给环境带来危害原因或结果。本题易误选C。
www. ( http: / / www. / ) (C)
"Reduce, reuse and recycle, this familiar environmentalist slogan tells us how to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills and waterways.
The concept is being used to deal with one possibly dangerous form of waste – electronic junk (电子垃圾), such as old computers, cell-phones, and televisions. But this process for managing e-waste may be used in an unscrupulous way more often than not used, a recent report suggests.
“A lot of these materials are being sent to developing nations under the excuse of reuse – to bridge the digital divide,” said Richard Gutierrez, a policy researcher.
One of the problems is that no one proves whether these old machines work before they hit the seaways. Because of this, the report says, e-waste is a growing problem in Lagos, Nigeria, and elsewhere in the developing world. Much of the waste ends up being thrown away along rivers and roads. Often it’s picked apart by poor people, who may face dangerous exposure to poisonous chemicals in the equipment.
Businessmen also pay workers a little money to get back materials such as gold and copper. This low-tech recovery process could expose workers and the local environment to many dangerous materials used to build electronics. According to Gutierrez, this shadow economy exists because the excuse of recycling and reusing electronics gives businessmen “a green passport” to ship waste around the globe. “Developing nations must take upon some of the responsibility themselves,” Gutierrez said. But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.”
China, for example, has become a dumping place for large amounts of e-waste. The nation is beginning to take action to stop the flow of dangerous materials across its borders. The Chinese government, after many years of denial, is finally beginning to take the lead.
9．The underlined word “unscrupulous” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A. unsafe B. tricky C. wrong D. immoral
10．What does the fourth paragraph mainly discuss
A. Old computers and TVs still work before they are sent abroad.
B. Poor people break up e-waste to collect some valuable materials.
C. A lot of e-waste is dumped in developing countries.
D. The problem of e-waste is growing in developing countries.
11．From what Gutierrez said we can learn that ________.
A. exporting countries should mainly be responsible for this problem.
B. neither rich nor poor countries should be blamed for this problem
C. developing countries should be responsible for this problem
D. poor countries should blamed for this problem
12．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A. China has hidden a large amount of e-waste in many secret places
B. China has greatly changed hre idea about the problem of e-waste
C. China has prevented poisonous materials from entering China for a long time
D. China is falling behind other countries in dealing with e-wast
13．The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. developing countries are facing serious environmental problems
B. e-waste is a growing problem in developed countries
C. e-waste is sent to developing countries under the excuse of reuse
D. developing countries are making full use of e-waste
【解题导语】分解，再利用与再循环。这个熟悉的环保人士口号告诉我们怎样以垃圾掩埋法和水处理法减少垃圾的数量。这种概念同时也被用来处理一种具有潜在危险性的电子垃圾，例如旧的电脑，电话和电视。但是，一份最近的报道指出，这种处理电子垃圾的程序可能经常以不道德的方式进行。
【答案与简析】
9．D 词义判断题。根据划线词后面的意思(more often than not…)
10．D 主旨大意题。第四段主要说：在发展中国家许多进口来的电子垃圾被人们沿着河边与公路扔掉，成了越来越棘手的问题了。通常又被穷人捡回，这些穷人可能面临着那些设备发出的有毒化学物质的危险。
11．A 判断理解题。根据第五段最后一句But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.（但他又补充道“大部分责任应该由出口国担当”）”，故选A。
12．B 推理判断题。最后一段的意思是“中国已经成为大量电子垃圾的排放地。这个国家已经开始采取行动来阻止危险物质进入边境。中国政府在否认了很多年后，终于带头开始行动了。”故选B。
13．C 主旨大意题。根据第三段内容可判断答案为C。这些电子垃圾很多都以重新利用的名义运往发展中国家。
www. ( http: / / www. / ) (D)
Connecting with Patients
Dr. Paris often treats several generations of a family over many years. “He’s seen us through two births, one operation, multiple earaches, a broken wrist and a recovery from a serious traffic crash,” says Jill Farrow, a 43-year-old lawyer whose first visit to Dr. Paris was as a teenager. During the birth of her younger son, Farrow began bleeding badly. Dr. Paris managed to solve the problem in a delicate procedure. “Twenty years ago, she probably would have died,” he says. Today, when he performs school sports physical examinations for the Farrow boys, 10 and 11, he is always reminded that lives are changed forever by doctors just doing their jobs.
To be a mix of country doc and somewhat adventurer, the 55-year-old family physician moved to Hailey after completing his residency（医生实习期）. He hoped to practice medicine there and ski at nearby Sun Valley. Unfortunately, the only job opening was for an emergency-room doctor in Missoula, Montana, 300 miles away. Dr. Paris took it. "I'd ski all day and then drive all night to be in Missoula for a 48-hour shift," he recalls. "I'm lucky to be alive." Knowing he couldn't keep up with his eight-hour commute（通勤）, he began taking flying lessons.
In 1981, Dr. Paris joined a small medical practice in Hailey, a former mining town with a population at the time of 2,109. As Hailey grew in the shadow of Sun Valley's booming popularity, Dr. Paris's own practice expanded to seven physicians, including his wife, Kathryn Woods, who is also a family doctor. They met in 1986 at a certification exam in Denver when, in a room full of men in stodgy suits, Woods arrived wearing a Lycra biking outfit and carrying the front wheel of her bicycle (which she couldn't lock up outside). Dr. Paris asked her out on the spot. In 1989, they married.
14．What Jill Farrow says is to indicate ________.
A. how weak the bodies of her family
B. how hard it is to be a doctor
C. how brilliant the physician’s skill is
D. how easy it is to deal with such problems
15．Dr. Paris often reminds himself that ________.
A. lives of people should not always stay the same
B. people can rely on themselves to change their life
C. doctors should change their own life
D. it is the duty of a doctor to heal the patients
16．Why did Dr. Paris move to Hailey
A. Because he can be a doctor and an adventurer there.
B. Because he has to finish his residency there.
C. Because his children are fond of skiing at nearby Sun Valley.
D. Because he has to be an emergency-room doctor there.
17．We can infer the doctor got married probably at the age of ________.
A. 27. B. 37. C. 17. D. 47.
18．This passage is intended to ________.
A. introduce Dr. Paris
B. praise the doctor’s excellent medical art
C. describe the doctor’s adventurous experience
D. tell the doctor’s love affairs
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【答案与简析】
14．C 推理判断题。第一段Jill Farrow说的话是在赞扬Dr. Paris医术高明。
15．D 细节理解题。由第一段he is always reminded that lives are changed forever by doctors just doing their job.得出答案。Dr, Paris总是在提醒自己，医生通过自己的工作可以改变病人的生命，这是医生的使命。
16．A 细节理解题。由第二段He hoped to practice medicine there and ski…..得出，医生搬往Hailey是希望在那里既能实践自己的医术，有能在附近的太阳峡谷滑雪探险。
17．B 推理判断题。今年55岁的Dr. Paris于1989年结婚，当时他应该是37岁。
18．A 概括大意题。本文主要介绍Paris这位名医，其他选项一概片面。
(E)
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, and my son’s team was 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’Donnell. With “Kick it!” echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted. O’Donnell 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(综合症) and for him there was 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.”
19．The underlined word “hush” in paragraph 3 means ________.
A. cheer. B. cry C. laughter D. silence
20．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.
21．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
22．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
【解题导语】一个八岁的小男孩，在足球比赛即将结束的时候，把球踢到了自己的球门里，他却开心地叫了起来……
【长难句理解】（略）
【答案与简析】
19．D 从第四段开头The silence was finally broken when Mickey,…可以得出答案。
20．B 根据常识可以判断，在误投对方球门的情况下，对方过来拥抱，误投者应该是生气。此题较难。
21．A 最后一段。
22．C 同上。
【第二组】
（A）
Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive(毁灭性的).
　　A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.
　　Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict(预测) how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.
　　Predictions are improving. “We’ve gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzback, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right,” Klotzbach says.
　　First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the vapor(水蒸气) cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.
　　If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane.
　　Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast of Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.
　　On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or higher.
　　The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September, and October.
　1．According to the text, hurricanes usually _____.
　　A. form off the coast of Africa and America
　　B. travel at 40 miles per hour and get its name
　　C. cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea
　　D. hit parts of the world in summer and autumn
　2．The underlined word “evaporates”(in Paragraph 5) probably means “_____”.
A. begins to move B. gets lost
C. becomes hot D. changes into a gas
　3．Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order
　　a. The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.
　　b. Heat creates energy and causes winds to increase.
　　c. The vapor cools.
　　d. The ocean water is warm enough.
　　e. The vapor changes back into liquid.
　　f. This course gives out heat.
A. a, d, e, b, c, f B. a, b, c, f, d, e
C. d, a, c, e, f, b D. d, a, b, c, e, f
　4．According to the text, the speed of the biggest two hurricanes reaches _____.
A. 115 miles per hour B. 170 miles per hour
C. 75 miles per hour D. 135 miles per hour
【解题导语】本文介绍飓风发生的时间和造成的危害。
【答案与简析】
1．D 细节理解题。由文章最后一段知道飓风发生在夏季和秋季。
2．D 词义判断题。由句意知evaporates为“蒸发”之意。
3．C 细节理解排序题。从第五段可知。
4．A 细节理解题。从倒数第二段最后一句话可知。
(B)
You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.
You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage ( http: / / / Article / Love / ). I realized that I couldn't rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband's actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.
You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within, it can't be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness The same away you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit.You choose it because that's what you want to experience in your life ( http: / / / Article / Life / Index.html ).
You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feels good. You wouldn't buy a pair of shoes that you don't like or that don't fit well, right So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don't make us feel good
Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings, no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions - we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.
We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.
Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don't dwell on what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.
5．What’s the best title of this passage
A. Pretend to Be Happy B. Choose Your Emotions
C. Chose to Be Happy D. Find Happiness
6．The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________.
A. one can’t rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy
B. balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art
C. she can depend on her husband to find happiness
D. happiness can be influenced by outside forces
7．Why did the writer mention buying shoes
A. To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes,
B. To use it as an example illustrate the importance of choosing to be happy.
C. To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit.
D. To help to move to the next paragraph easily.
8．The writer suggests that we should ________.
A. let others control our feelings
B. respond immediately to others’ words
C. hold back our feelings properly
D. pay more attention to words than actions
9．The general idea of the last paragraph is that ________.
A. people have different feelings at different time
B. anger is only a thought away
C. we should list the reasons for our various emotions
D. one can change one’s feelings and choose to be happy
【答案与简析】
5．C 概括大意题。由全文概括得出，本文的主旨是选择快乐心情。首句You have the ability to decide …可看出答案。
6．A 细节理解题。由第二段That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage得出，that指的是前面一句：让自己快乐不要指望别人。
7．B 推理判断题。作者在第四段提到买鞋例子来说明选择快乐心情使自己舒服的重要性。
8．C 细节理解题。作者建议我们要适当控制情绪。倒数第二段首句可以看出。
9．D 判断推理题。最后一段意思是：我们可以改变自己的心情，进而选择快乐。
www. ( http: / / www. / ) (C)
One kilogram --- that was all it took to crown（给……加冕） the world's strongest man.
German weightlifter Matthias Steiner pulled ahead of Russian rival Evgeny Chigishev to win the Olympic men's +105 kg weightlifting gold medal on Tuesday.
Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch(抓举) and 258kg in the clean and jerk(挺举), to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram. The German won the battle of giants in his last lift, winning his country's first gold medal in the event at this year's Games.
Steiner's winning lift was also the last effort of the sport for this Olympics at which China earned eight of the 15 golds.
Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago, placing seventh in the lower 105kg category, but had a falling out with Austria's weightlifting federation afterwards.
He applied for German citizenship in 2005 and got married, but his career went into deep freeze（困境）as he could not compete without a passport. He finally obtained the document last January.
The German, who turns 26 on Monday, had come to these Games on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann, who died in a car accident in July last year. The German team said he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.
Chigishev was the strongest in the snatch session Tuesday. He kissed his fists after a 210-kg lift that gave him a 7-kg advantage over fourth-placed Steiner going into the second event -- the clean and jerk. He let out a victorious roar（吼叫）after clearing 250 kg in his last lift, but the glory was short-lived as Steiner stunned（使瞠目）everyone with his final, winning clean and jerk effort.
Steiner had finished seventh in the 2004 Olympics in the 105kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship +105kg snatch competition, bronze in the clean and jerk and silver overall, with a total weight of 446kg.
World champion Viktors Scerbatihs of Latvia settled for bronze.
10. Steiner won the gold by lifting ______.
A. 105 kg B. 461 kg C. 258 kg D. 210 kg
11. Four years ago at the Athens Olympics Steiner represented ______.
A. Australia B. Germany C. Austria D. Russia
12. The following statements are true except ______.
A. Steiner beat Chigishev by one kilogram
B. Chinese weightlifting team won eight of the 15 gold medals at this year’s Games
C. Steiner didn’t get the passport until last February
D. Steiner got a bronze in the 2008 European Championship +105kg clean and jerk competition
13. It can be inferred from the story that _____.
A. Steiner was inspired by his unfortunate wife to win the gold medal
B. Chigishev was also the strongest in the second event
C. it is hard to get a German citizenship
D. Steiner was determined to win the medal for the German team
14. What is the best title of the story
A. Narrow Victory B. Pitiful Failure
C. Gold Medal for His Dearest Wife D. Strongest Man of the World
【解题导语】
德国举重运动员马蒂亚斯 施泰纳在北京奥运会冠军领奖台上亲吻亡妻苏姗娜的照片，含泪感叹他终于实现了对妻子的承诺：永不放弃奥运梦想。苏珊娜2007年遭遇车祸，在妻子弥留之际，守在病床边的施泰纳向她做出了上述承诺。
【答案与简析】
10. B 细节理解题。Steiner以461公斤的总成绩获得冠军。文章第三段首句Steiner lifted a total of 461kg, 203kg in the snatch and 258kg in the clean and jerk, to beat Chigishev by a single kilogram.作了具体叙述。
11. C 细节理解题。文章第五段首句Steiner was born in Austria and represented his country of birth at the Athens Olympics four years ago说四年前Steiner是代表奥地利队的。后来他离开奥地利举重协会加入了德国籍。
12. C 细节理解题。Steiner最后拿到护照的时间是去年的1月，而不是2月，因此C项叙述不正确。
13. A 推理判断题。第七段说Steiner had come on a mission to win the title for his wife Susann，德国队也说he used the personal tragedy to motivate himself to win the gold medal.，由此可以推知Steiner的夺金动力来自他的已故的妻子Susann。
14. C 主旨大意题。综合全文，C项《金牌告慰亡妻》能全面概括文章的大意。
www. ( http: / / www. / ) (D)
No matter how long your life, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and the few you do read should include the best. You can rejoice in the fact that the number of such is relatively small.
________________ Yet there is a surprising uniformity in the lists which represent the best choices of any period. In every age, the list makers include both ancient and modern books in their selections, and they always wonder whether the moderns are up to the great books of the past.
What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book The four I will mention may not be all they are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.
Great books are probably the most widely read. They are not best sellers for a year or two. They are enduring best sellers. GONE WITH THE WIND has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or DON QUIXOTE. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer’s Iliad（伊丽亚特）has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.
Great books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.
Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.
Great books deal with the persistently unsolved problems of human life. There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Inquiry not only begins with wonder, but usually ends with it also. Great minds acknowledge mysteries honestly. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.
15．Which is NOT the criterion in the following when evaluating a great book
A. Although not a best seller, it must be the most widely read.
B. A great book can be read without any effort.
C. Great books are never obsolete.
D. Great books will not disappointed you if you try to read them well.
16．Which of the following can be put in the blank in the second paragraph
A. Great books deal with the persistently unsolved problems of human life.
B. It is to be expected that the selections will change with the times
C. The listing of the best books is as old as reading and writing.
D. The fundamental human problems remain the same in all ages.
17．According to the author, Gone With The Wind is ________.
A. a best seller
B. disgusted by readers who like Shakespeare
C. read more often than Don Quixote
D. a great book
18．In the passage “pedantic” means ________.
A. showing the feelings, esp, those of kindness, which people are supposed to have
B. serving as practical examples
C. being elementary
D. paying too much attention to details in books
19．The best title for this passage is ________.
A. Great Books in Your Life
B. Great Books in Your Speciality
C. How to Find a Great Book
D. What Is a Great Book
【解题导语】本文是一篇关于名著的说明文。第一、二段指出人们一生要读很多书，但名著却很少，而且古典名著一直被大家公认，从而引出本文讨论的话题：评定名著的标准是什么？文章接下来的部分就此进行了详细分析和说明。
【长难句理解】
①What are the signs by which we may recognize…. The four I will mention may not… but they are the ones I have found most useful…. 第一句中which引导的定语从句修饰signs。第二句中“I will mention”是定语从句，省略了关系代词that，修饰the four；“I’ve found….”也是定语从句，省略了关系代词that， 修饰the ones。
②Great books are… They are not… They are enduring best sellers. Gone With the Wind has had relatively few readers….. 本意群包括四个简单句。主要说明评判名著的一个标准。Compared to…为过去分词短语做状语。
③Great book are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialist about specialties for specialists.
本句两个简单句说明了评判名著的另一个标准。
【答案及简析】
15．D 细节理解题。文中第四、五、六、七段分别提到四条评定名著的标准：阅读者多，通俗而非学术性的，不落后于时代和探讨人类长久未解决的问题。A、B、C都是文中提到的。只有D不正确。本题易误选B
16．B 主旨大意题。此处要注意下文的Yet，表一个转折关系。下文说但是有一些作品可以作为任何时代的必读书目。可判断空白处表达的意思应是不同时代有不同的选读书。B符合此意。其他不合题意。本句意思是：人们预料，随着时代的变迁，选择书籍的方向会有所改变。
17．A 观点态度题。文中第四段主要说明名著的一个特点就是读者多，不是一两年的畅销书，而《飘》不如莎士比亚戏剧或《堂吉珂德》的读者多，说明读者认为《飘》不是名著，只是一本畅销书。所以，选A正确。本题最难，易误选D
18．D 语义理解题。由文中第五段第一句可判断pedantic一词与popular意思相反，而第五段第二句进一步解释了该词的意思，可判断选项D正确。本题易误选B
19．D 主旨大意题。A、B说的是在日常生活和专业领域的名著，文章根本没有做这样的分类；文中第三段就谈到评定名著的四个标准，所以D正确。
(E)
Babies Learn to Predict Behavior When About a Year Old 一岁婴儿学会预测行为
To most parents, babies are a terrific mystery. Researchers now say that from the eyes of a young baby, parents are just as mysterious and confusing, because according to a new study, babies younger than 6 months old cannot predict what another person is trying to do.
Swedish researchers studied 6-month-old babies, 1-year-old babies and adults, all of whom watched a video of a hand placing toys into a bucket. The 1-year-old babies and adults quickly learned to shift their gazes to the bucket when the hand picked up a toy, indicating they knew what the hand was about to do.
But the 6-month-olds did not shift their gaze. Researchers speculate that the brain uses specific neural wiring to make predictions about how people might act. At 6 months old, babies' brains don't have that wiring yet.
The findings won't help parents calm crying babies any quicker, but they might shed some light on the situation. For example, if Mommy picks up a favorite toy, a 6-month-old infant wouldn't guess that she intends to hand that toy over, even if she has done that before.
This study reminds us that babies younger than 6 months have a hard time figuring out what we intend to do, "so it is important not to misinterpret their behavior as manipulative or demanding of attention," said Dr. John Constantino, a pediatric psychiatry professor at the Washington University School of Medicine.
By the time infants are a year old, they can more easily understand how the people around them might behave.
For example, researchers found that if a 1-year-old infant saw Mommy's hand pick up a ball, he would expect Mommy to drop the ball into a bucket, because he has seen her do that before.
Researchers explain that at 12 months, the infant's brain has developed enough to understand that if he'd picked up the ball, he would put it in the bucket himself.
20．The best title of this passage probably is ________.
A. Babies of Different Ages React to the Outside World
B. The Differences Between Babies and Adults
C. Babies Learn to Predict Behavior at About a Year Old
D. How Parents Understand Their Babies at Different Stages
21．We can’t expect a baby young than six months ________.
A. to understand your actions B. to do research with scientists
C. to stop crying easily D. to recognize its parents
22．The key factor that babies decide the prediction is ________.
A. judgment B. the development of a baby’s body
C. the toy used in the experiment D. neural wiring
23．The underlined word “they” in the sixth paragraph refers to ________.
A. researchers B. people around
C. babies D. professors at the university
24．It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. a baby of 12 months should be taught many things
B. a baby at the age of one year old can imitate actions
C. a baby under six months shouldn’t be taught anything
D. a baby should be taught a language as early as possible
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【答案与简析】
20．C 大意概括题。根据最后一段得出答案。试验得出的结论是一岁左右的孩子才能预知行为。
21．A 细节理解题。根据第二段得出答案。六个月以下的婴儿不理解人的行为。
22．D 细节理解题。根据第三段Researchers guess that the brain uses…how people might act得出答案。neural wiring“神经线”使婴儿具有判断动作的能力。
23．C 指代猜测题。根据前文可以看出they指的是babies。
24．B 判断推理题。根据最后一段最后一句…if he'd picked up the ball, he would put it in the bucket himself. 得出答案。一岁左右的婴儿能模仿大人的动作。
www. ( http: / / www. / )【第三组】
（A）
One spring summer I was walking in Paris. At a shop I looked into the window, and then began to walk again. Suddenly a young woman spoke to me in English, "Excuse me, but your coat is dirty. You have white spots on your back."
“I don’t think my coat is dirty,” I said. “This is a new coat.”
“But I see some white spots on your back,” she insisted. “Someone must have thrown paste（糊状物） at you I think I can get rid of them.” She began to pull a handkerchief out of her handbag. “Take off your coat right now. I will clean your coat. Oh, this is terrible.” She was so kind that I decided to take off my coat and hand it to her. She soiled two of her handkerchiefs and made my coat clean again. “Thank you,” I said. But before I put it on again, she began to hurry away from me. I quickly checked my pocket. Oh! My wallet was gone. She was a member of a pickpocket group.
Three years later, I was taking pictures in the beautiful city of Alexandria in Egypt. A girl came up to me, asking me to see what was wrong with her camera.
“Another young girl! I had better take care of mallet,” I began to step away from her. Then she called her father. An elderly man came and said, “Excuse me. We are visitors from Israel. We don’t know how change the film. You look like a photographer. Can you do us a favor ”
“Sure,” I said. “It’s no problem. The fact is that I once had my picket picked in Paris by a young girl. I have been very nervous about young girls since then.” The father and I laughed, and we became friends. But how difficult it is to tell a good girl from a bad one while they are young and beautiful!
1．From the text, we can see the writer ________.
A. was a Frenchman visiting Egypt
B. was the second girl and her father’s townsman
C. felt it hard to judge a woman from her appearance
D. had his wallet stolen a second time
2．We can learn that the writer’s coat ________.
A. was quite old
B. was made dirty on purpose
C. was made of cloth with some spots
D. was quite clean when he took it off
3．Why did the writer step away from the girl in Alexandria
A. Because he thought the girl was a member of a pickpocket group.
B. Because he tried to avoid meeting the girl’s father.
C. Because he was very nervous about beautiful girls.
D. Because he didn’t know how to change the film.
4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text
A. The writer had seen through the girl’s trick before her father came.
B. The woman in Paris cleaned the writer’s coat out of kindness.
C. The writer misunderstood the young woman in Paris.
D. The writer helped the father and daughter in Alexandria.
【解题导语】本篇为记叙文，叙述了作者在巴黎及埃及的亚历山大城的两次人生经历。
【长难句理解】
①She was so kind that I decided to take off my coat and hand it to her.
结果状语从句，so…that…太……以致于……。
② The fact is that I once had my picket picked in Paris by a young girl.
That引导一个表语从句。
③ But how difficult it is to tell a good girl from a bad one while they are young and beautiful!
并列句，….while…. “而”、“可是”。
【答案与简析】
1．C 推理判断题。从文章最后一句可以看出他认为从外貌判断人是很难的。
2．B 细节理解题。在巴黎，作者的新外衣的确被弄脏，为什么别人没注意到，而只有那个年轻妇女注意到了呢？可以推断，一定有人故意弄脏作者衣服，女小偷才得手，他们是联手作案，on purpose是“故意”；C项缺乏依据；文章中说那位骗子弄脏了两个手绢，可见D不正确。
3．A 细节理解题。本题从作者的思想活动中可找到答案。
4．D 辨别正误题。作者对父女俩说“no problem”，可见他确实会换胶卷，而且从他说的话和后来与父女俩成为朋友的事实，可以推断，他一定帮了这个忙；B、C都与作者第一次经历不符合；在女孩父亲来之前，作者虽有戒心，但女孩并没有歹意，A项也不正确。
(B)
英语情感故事-A Guy Named Bill
His name was Bill. He had wild hair, wore a T-shirt with holes in it, blue jeans and no shoes. In the entire time I knew him I never once saw Bill wear a pair of shoes. Rain, sleet or snow, Bill was barefoot. This was his clothing for his whole four years of college.
He became a Christian while attending college. Across the street from the campus was a church full of well-dressed, middle-class people.
One day, Bill decided to worship there. He walked into the church, complete with his wild hair, T-shirt, blue jeans and bare feet. The church was completely packed, and the service had already begun. Bill started down the aisle to find a place to sit. By now the people were looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one said anything.
As Bill moved closer and closer to the pulpit（讲道坛）, he realized there were no empty seats. So he squatted and sat down on the carpet right up front. By now, the people seemed uptight, and the tension in the air was thickening.
Right about the time Bill took his “seat,” a deacon（执事）began slowly making his way down the aisle from the back of the sanctuary（圣殿）. The deacon was in his eighties, had silver gray hair, a three-piece suit and a pocket watch. He was a godly man -- very elegant, dignified and courtly.
It took a long time for the man to reach the boy. The church was utterly silent except for the clicking of his cane. You couldn’t even hear anyone breathing. All eyes were on the deacon.
But then they saw the elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he sat down on the floor next to Bill and worshipped with him. Everyone in the congregation choked up with emotion. When the minister gained control, he told the people, “What I am about to preach, you will never remember. What you’ve just seen, you will never forget.”
5．How do we know about Bill
A. He had worn-out shoes. B. He was poorly dressed.
C. He was a high school student. D. He didn’t believe in God.
6．The church was mainly attended by ________.
A. college students B. citizens nearby
C. fairly rich people D. rich businessmen
7．It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. people present looked down upon Bill
B. every present showed respect to Bill.
C. the atmosphere was in favor of Bill
D. Bill would interrupt the service
8．Why did the people hold their breath as the deacon approached Bill
A. They thought that the poorly dressed boy would attack the deacon.
B. They guessed that deacon would greatly praise the poorly dressed boy.
C. They supposed that the deacon would give the boy a seat.
D. They expected that something unpleasant would happen.
9．What the deacon wanted to teach his church members was _______.
A. people in rags shouldn’t have seats in the church
B. well dressed people should sit side by side with poorly dressed ones
C. people should learn to show love ad respect to others, even those in rags
D. well dressed people should give their seats to poorly dressed people
【答案与简析】
5．B 归纳概括题。Bill最明显的特征是衣衫褴褛。
6．C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句得出答案。来做礼拜的人大都衣着整齐。
7．A 推测题。根据第三段最后一句（By now the people were looking a bit….）得出答案。其他的人看不起Bill，因为他衣着不整。
8．D 推测理解题。根据情景，其他的人认为执事会对这位衣衫褴褛不速之客采取不利于他的措施。
9．C 细节理解题。根据最后一段得出答案。这位执事用行动表明，要尊重任何人。坐在男孩旁边，和他一起祈祷，这本身就是对男孩的尊敬和支持。
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Powerful, blonde and over six feet tall, Maria Sharapova is the most brilliant tennis player who has ever stepped on tennis court. In the summer of 2004, seventeen-year-old Sharapova shocked the tennis world by defeating defending champion Serena Williams in the singles finals at Wimbledon, becoming the first Russian player to win the prestigious tennis event, and the third youngest winner in the history of the tournament.
Born on April 19, 1987, in Nyagan, a town in western Siberia, Russia, Maria Sharapova was encouraged by her parents to try everything, from dancing and music to athletics. She discovered tennis after her fourth birthday. Her parents liked to play tennis, too, so they began teaching her how to hit the ball. She proved to be a quick learner, and when she was six years old they traveled to Moscow for a youth tennis clinic.
Sharapova and her father moved from Russia to Florida when she was nine so that she could study at the tennis academy of Nick Bollettieri. She won her first junior championship title at the age of thirteen, and turned professional in 2001. Then Sharapova steadily worked her way up through the professional ranks, claiming her first WTA victory in Japan in 2003. Her crowning moment came the next year, when she won Winbledon, at a young age of 17, solidifying a consistent spot in the top five. She gained her second and third major titles by beating Justine Henin at the 2006 US Open and Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 Australian Open. Sharapova has earned a spot on Forbes magazine’s "Celebrity 100"list as the highest paid female athlete in the world.
Sharapova hopes to win Wimbledon, the Australian, French, and US Opens in the same year. No other female player has done so since German champion Steffi Graf in 1988. Sharapova also looks forward to a career beyond tennis. She has done some modeling, is a devoted reader of fashion magazines, and has even helped design some of her court outfits with Nike. Fashion design might be a career option when she retires from tennis. Acting would be an-other choice. "Nothing scares me," she said, "because I’m not worried about failure. You never know until you try. So if you don’t try, you’ve failed. All I know is, I’m starving to be the best."
10. Which of the following is not TRUE
A. Sharapova became the champion of the Wimbledon tournament at the age of 17.
B. The third Russian player in the history of Wimbledon to win the champion
C. Sharapova began to play tennis at the age of four
D. The Wimbledon Tournament is an important event
11. Sharapova won her first junior championship title _____.
A. six B. four C. seventeen D. thirteen
12. According to the story, the Forbes magazine _____.
A. is a youth tennis training center
B. holds the Wimbledon tournament
C. ranks the famous people worldwide every year
D. introduces fashion
13. What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean
A. An office providing medical service
B. Sports training center
C. Stadium holding competitions
D. A person offering medical service
14. The best title of the story is _____.
A. An Outstanding Tennis Star
B. History of The Wimbledon Tournament
C. Success from Youth
D. Championships Sharapova Has Got
【解题导语】
莎拉波娃以青春秀丽的外表及不俗的球技成为新一代球员中"美女兼实力派"的代表。毕竟"天才少女成名记"的故事发生过太多次，而后如流星般"陨落"的更是不在少数，若是莎拉波娃在荣誉与掌声背后能够一如既往地努力进步，才可能有希望成为明日网坛真正的天后。
【答案与简析】
10. B 细节理解题。文章第一段末句说the first Russian player to win the prestigious tennis event, and the third youngest winner in the history of the tournament 而非第三位获得温布尔登网球公开赛冠军的俄罗斯选手。
11. D 细节理解题。文章第二段说She won her first junior championship title at the age of thirteen。
12. C 推理判断题。从文章的介绍来看，《福布斯》是一本定期公布名人排行榜的杂志。
13. B 词义理解题。clinic 在此意为“培训中心，培训学校”。
14. A 主旨大意题。综合全文可知，本文主题为《杰出的网球明星》比较合理。其它答案过于片面。
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Question
I have recently returned to college to complete my Bachelor’s degree. I am in an accelerated（加速的）course. In this course there are no tests or exams, only class presentations（陈述）. I have recently prepared my PowerPoint and will study the material. I am not very knowledgeable in the material. I have not had to speak in public since high school which was many years ago. I am somewhat of a shy person; I am losing sleep because of the anxiety and fear of doing this class for the next year; I have considered giving up, but want so badly to complete this. I am, for lack of a better word, terrified.
Answer
Being a shy person is not really a factor in giving a presentation. Your focus should be on providing information to the other students Think of yourself as a teacher or instructor and not as someone who is trying to show how good he is.
The fact that you are using a PowerPoint presentation takes an enormous amount of pressure off of you. With a speech, there is the fear of forgetting what you were going to say. But with a PowerPoint presentation you have a guide.
Some people use only a few words in their bullet-points, while others include full sentences. But for each bullet-point, you need to have some extra material. If you do happen to forget something, no one will know the difference.
The big thing is to give your presentation several times before you give it in class. You can record your practice. This will force you to go through it completely. If you can, give your presentation to a friend.
This practice should give you the confidence in being able to do the task effectively. Although you may be somewhat nervous when you start, once you get going things should be a lot smoother. Best wishes on getting some great presentation.
15．The best title of this passage probably is ________.
A. Interested in Presenting in College
B. Terrified of Getting Presentations in College
C. Hesitation in Speaking in Class
D. Desperate in Presenting in College
16．Why did the person asking for advice have to express himself in class
A. He wanted to give himself a challenge.
B. His classmates all did so.
C. He couldn’t pass his written exams.
D. The course required so.
17．He adviser intended to suggest that the questioner ________.
A. give his information, ignoring his classmate.
B. ask his professor for advice in details
C. fix his attention to presenting knowledge to his classmates
D. calm himself down before presenting his knowledge
18．In the adviser’s opinion, the advantage of using PowerPoint probably is that _______.
A. it can remind you to say what you have prepared
B. it can provide more information
C. it can save a lot of time
D. it can show your complete preparation
19．To get rid of anxiety, the most important thing is ________.
A. learning all your knowledge by heart
B. discussing it with others
C. pretending to perform it before you start
D. giving enough practice before giving your presentations in class
【答案与简析】
15．B 大意概括题。根据第一段最后一句I am, for lack of a better word, terrified.得出答案。求助者被当着同学的面陈述学习任务感到恐惧。
16．D 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句In this course there are no tests or….得出答案。课程无需考试，但要在班上陈述。
17．C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句Your focus should be on….得出答案。建议把精力集中在向同学学习陈述知识上，不要想其他的。
18．A 细节理解题。根据第三段But with a PowerPoint presentation you have a guide.得出答案。PowerPoint就象个向导，提醒你要讲的内容。
19．D 判断归纳题。根据倒数第二段首句The big thing is to give….得出答案。建议者认为，消除紧张的重要方法是做充分的练习。
(E)
In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.
Another prototype(雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.
Prefer to read So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display(LCD) screen.
Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.
During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”
This particular gadget(器械),when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.
With spontaneous(自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.
20．Which of the following statements is not TRUE
A. A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.
B. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.
C. Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.
D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.
2．What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage
A. Lecture Translation. B. Muscle Translator.
C. Multiple Translator. D. Translation Prototype.
22．What's the final destination of inventing the language translators
A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.
B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.
C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.
D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.
23．What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph
A. The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.
B. The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.
C. With the help of the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all.
D. The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.
24．Where can this passage probably excerpted from
A. A newspaper. B. A magazine on science.
C. A fairy tale. D. A scientific fantasy book.
【解题导语】
本篇为科普文章，是有关科技发明成果的阐述。
【答案与简析】
20．B　细节判断题。根据文章第六段可推出B项是错误的。本题易误选C。
21．C　推理判断题。在短文第二段中提到了Lecture Translation,在第三段中提到了prototype,在第五段中又提到了Muscle Translator,因而没有被提到的应该是C项。
22．A　推测意图题。根据短文倒数第二段所述“The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world.”其含义为：隐藏在雏形机背后的理念是为今后世界上越来越普通的跨文化交流搭建足够好的桥梁，由此可以推断出A项就是发明翻译器的真正目的。
23．D　推理判断题。根据短文倒数第二段所述“This particular gadget, when fully developed...”，其含义为“当这种特别的器械得以充分的改进时…… ”，可以推测出：目前这种器械尚在发展完善之中。本题易误选B。
24．B　深层理解题。这篇文章是有关科技发明成果的阐述，根据常识，它极有可能会节选自科学杂志。本题易误选D。
（二）
【第四组】
（A）
Most of us are used to seasons. Each year, spring follows winter, which follows autumn, which follows summer, which follows spring. And winter is colder than summer. But the earth goes through temperature cycles over much longer periods than those that we experience.
Between 65,000 and 35,000 years, the planet was much colder than it is now. During that time the temperature also changed a lot, with periods of warming and cooling. Ice melted during the warm periods, which made sea levels rise. Water froze again during the cold periods.
A new study from Switzerland, sheds light on where ice sheets (冰川) inched during the ice age.
It now seems that the ice melted at both ends of the earth, rather than just in either northern or southern regions (区域). This surprised the researchers from the University of Bern (伯恩).
Scientists have long assumed (认为) that most of the ice that melted was in the Northern hemisphere (半球) during the 30,000-year long ice age. That belief was held because the North Pole is surrounded by land, while the South Pole is surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean. It is easier for ice sheets to grow on land. If surrounded by sea the ice can easily just slip into the ocean instead of building up.
The researchers used a computer model to look at ways the ice could melt and how it might affect sea levels. They compared these results to evidence (迹象) of how temperatures and currents actually changed during that time.
The model showed that if it was only in the Northern hemisphere that ice melted, there would have been a bigger effect on ocean currents (洋流) and sea temperatures than what actually happened. Studies suggest that melting just in the Southern hemisphere would have been impossible, too.
The only reasonable conclusion, the scientists could make, was that ice melted equally in the North and the South.
It is still a mystery (谜) as to what caused the temperature changes that caused the ice to melt.
1．We can learn from the text that ________.
A. we have experienced temperature cycles since they began
B. what caused ice to melt is still unknown
C. the planet was much colder than it is now between 65,000 and 35,000 years ago, during which time temperature hardly changed
D. before the new study, scientists long believed that ice melted just in either northern or southern areas
2．The underlined phrase “sheds light on” (in Paragraph 3) can be replaced by _______.
A. throws doubts on B. beats down on C. makes it clear D. makes light of
3．The first two paragraphs were written _______.
A. to lead up to the subject that ice melted during the 30,000-year-long ice age
B. to describe what the weather was like during the ice age
C. to compare climate nowadays with that of the ice age
D. to explain what a temperature cycle is
4．Which of the following best shows the relationship between ice, ocean currents and temperatures according to the text
A. Ice can easily slip into the ocean.
B. Temperature and currents changed as a result of ice melting.
C. Temperature changes lead to ice melting or water freezing, which in turn has an effect on ocean currents and temperature.
D. Ice melted and then froze again due to temperature.
文章出处：(http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040901/Note2.asp ( http: / / www.sciencenewsforkids.org / articles / 20040901 / Note2.asp ))
【答案与简析】
1．D 推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“冰川是在地球的两极融化的，而非在某一极”推知在新的研究结果之前，科学家们长期认为“冰川是在地球的一极融化的。”
2．C 猜测词义题。短语在第三段，但要在第四段第一句推断。新的研究结果已经解决了冰川在哪儿融化的问题。由此推出sheds light on意为“使事情清楚明白地显示”，因此选C。
3．A 推理判断题。前两段提到气温循环和冰川时代的气温状况，这都在为冰川时期“冰川融化”的话题作铺垫。
4．C 推理判断题。从倒数第三段第一句可知答案。
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Laugh Out Loud
“A funny person is someone to whom funny things happen,” wrote comedian Steve Allen in his book, How to Be Funny: Discover the Comic You. “It’s always the true stories that make people laugh,” says Cherie Kerr, expert on public speaking. “The closer to the truth, the funnier it is. “ That’s why humorous comedians tell stories about themselves.
Okay. Now you have a story. How can you tell it so people laugh By using these four useful methods to tell a funny story：Energy, attitude, self-expression and timing. When you put these elements together, you are sure to be funny.
Energy
Energy have to do with the way you tell your story. If you are talking in a monotonous（单调的）voice, you’re saying, “I’m boring.” Let your voice say, “This is interesting.” How can you do that By having an idea of what you want to say, but making it sound as though you’re telling the story off the cuff（即兴）. Give your audience vivid details that’ll paint a picture in their minds.
Attitude and Self-Expression
Attitude and self-expression are the way you present yourself. Deliver your story in a natural way. If you’re telling a story with characters, use different voices and bodily expressions for each one.
Timing
Timing is the use of pauses in the right places. Always make sure the punch line is at the end of the story.
What if you want to tell a joke instead of a story Here are tips on telling it effectively.
Don’t’ begin it with “I heard the funniest thing.” Nothing becomes funny by being labeled so. Don’t predict it；just tell it.
Memorize your jokes. If you start to tell it, but then say, “Who’s the guy No, not Col. Well, anyway, it doesn’t matter.” It does matter. If you stumble over the structure, you’ve already lost your audience’s attention.
Don’t laugh at your own jokes.
Exercise your sense of humor every day by seeing the funny in the failures.
1．What’s the main idea of this passage
A. Tips on how to make people laugh
B. How to turn your life into a joke.
C. The skills of famous comedians.
D. The importance of humor in our life
2．What’s the benefit of vivid details of a story
A. They can give you self-confidence.
B. They can make your story last longer.
C. They will help the audience form clear pictures in their minds.
D. They can improve your sense of humor.
3．When you tell a story with several characters, you’d better ________.
A. describe them one by one
B. give a general idea about them as a whole
C. pretend to tell the story off the cuff
D. imitate their voices and body movements
4．What does the method of “Timing” mean according to the passage
A. Speaking with an energetic voice.
B. Using the punch line.
C. Using pauses correctly.
D. Telling your story in a natural way.
5．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage
A. If you announce you’ll tell the funniest story, it will be effective.
B. The sense of humor also needs practicing.
C. It doesn’t