2012中考英语阅读理解精选第9集【有答案或解析】【共20页】

2012中考英语阅读理解精选第9集【有答案或解析】【共20页】
中考英语阅读理解“先题后文”阅读方法说明
该精品资源选择的题型有：阅读回答问题、阅读单项选择、阅读改写填空、阅读判断正误。都有答案，至少一半的有具体解析。
关于“先题后文”，同学们运用此法时要注意：
1. 先读题时只能是读其问题或题干，而不能读问题后的选项，否则不仅浪费时间，而且也无法记住众多答案所表达的众多信息。
2. 在读了题之后，要把这些问题记在心里，并带着这些问题去阅读短文，关于这一点考生是要经过反复的训练才能形成能力的，因为短文后的这些问题本身所表达的信息并不象短文那样有情节，也不象短文那样连贯，所以有不少同学在开始试用这种方法时，往往先读了题之后(尤其是当问题较多时)再读短文时，又忘记是什么问题了。
3. 带着问题读短文时，对短文中出现的那些与问题有关的词句，你可以用一支铅笔在短文中作些记号，以便为下一步选择作好准备，但也要注意不要每读到一个与问题有关的信息点就停下来去对照后面的问题，因为这样转来转去要耽误一些时间，另一方面有些问题往往要通过对短文的全面了解才能作出结论，而不能仅仅从一、二个信息点作出判断。
4. 带着问题读完短文之后，接着便是选择理解题的答案。虽然你是带着问题去阅读短文的，但也并不是说你在阅读时带去的问题全部得到了答案，也可能有些还没有把握(尤其是一些主观理解题)，这时你同样要带着这些“疑题”去跳读短文(具体做法参见上面的“先文后题”的有关说明)。
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训练题精选
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the population of the world will have grown by ten people. That may not sound much, but it is 9,000 people in an hour, 1.5 million a week, or 79 million a year. That is the same as adding most of the population of Germany to the world every year.
Most of these new people were born in developing countries. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average, only one or two children. In the developing countries, many women have five or more children. In 1950, around one quarter of the world’s population lived in the developed countries. By 2050, these countries will be home to only around one tenth of the world’s people.
In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty (贫困) line. These people do not have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing; children get little or no time at school and people suffer (遭受痛苦) from many kinds of diseases.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the world’s population was around six billion people. The UN has said that the world’s population will level off at 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. Other groups think the world’s population will continue to grow, reaching 14 billion people before it becomes stable (稳定的), or even falls.
1. How many people are added to the world’s population an hour?
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2. Developing countries can be found in what areas of the world?
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3. In 1950, what percentage of the world’s population lived in developing countries?
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4. What are examples that show people are living below the poverty line?
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5. There will be twelve and a half billion people on the earth in 2100 according to the UN, won’t there?
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参考答案
(5) 1. About 14,000 people.
2. They can be found in Africa, South America and parts of Asia.
3. Seventy-five percent/75%.
4. Not having enough food; living in poor housing; suffering from many kinds of diseases; getting little education. (答对其中两点即可)
5. Yes, there will.
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Many people don’t like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It’s very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for traveling.
Last May Day, my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road. So we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic. So we stopped and took the food, fruit and drink out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a sad trip!
1. Why do peoples on holidays?
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2. What often happens on holidays?
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3. Why is it hard to buy train tickets or air tickets?
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4. Where did the family go last May Day?
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5. Did they have a good trip? Why or why not?
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参考答案
(6) 1. Because they want to go out to see something different or do something exciting.
2. It’s hard to buy train tickets or air tickets.
3. Because many people want to go out.
4. The family went to the country.
5. No, they didn’t. Because it rained suddenly.
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Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the money.
Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.
When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door. "Well, he must be in," he thought, and knocked again, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here."
"I've gone out in my boots," answered Jim.
True or False
1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories.
2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.
3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later.
4. Bob hadn't seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in another town.　
参考答案Key: 1-4 F T F T
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I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"
Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.
But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"
But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.
True or False
1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.　
2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.
3. I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.
4. When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and remains in bed.
5. My mother often has to go upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed as he refuses to get up.
6. Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.
7. The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.
参考答案Key: 1-7. F T T F T F F
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In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A. Because they may have four seasons in one day
B. Because they often have very good weather
C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring
D. Because the sky is sunny all day
2. From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.
A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds
C. summer and winter D. spring and autumn
3. "People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too ______in winter."
A. warm B. cool C. cold D. rainy
4. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.
A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in England
C. they are going to sell them D. they are their favourite things
5. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.
A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter
C. The Weather in England D. Strange English People
参考答案KEY: ABABC
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A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ￥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ￥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
A. still went up in value B. was worth nothing
C. didn’t go down in value D. was still ours
2. We are always valuable to the people _______.
A. who pay us B. who call us
C. who hate us D. who love us
3. Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.
A. who you know B. who made you
C. who you remember D. who you are
4. The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.
A. the students put up their hands again
B. the students put down their hands
C. the students put their hands behind their backs again
D. the students put their hands in front of them
5. Why did the famous teacher use a ￥100 bill at his lesson?
A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.
B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.
C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.
D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.
【答案及解析】
1. 选C。根据第4段中的No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value可知答案。
2. 选D。根据第5段中的you are always valuable to those people who love you可知答案。
3. 选D。根据第5段中的Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE可知答案。
4. 选A。老师第一次问Who would like this ￥100 bill? 时，同学们的反应是：The students began to put up their hands at once. 老师第二次问Who wants it now? 时， 同学们的反应是：The hands went back into the air. 老师第三次问：Who still wants it? 时，同学们的反应是：Hands went back into the air. 很显然，Hands went back into the air 中的back有类似again的含义，故选A。
5. 选D。通读全文可以看出，老师利用这张百元大钞作“教具”，其目的是想告诉同学们，无论你怎样折腾这张百元大钞，它的价值都不会因此而减少。所以答案选D最佳。

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“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the Internet
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. What does the beginning of the passage tell us?
A. How to become an Internet addict.?
B. What an Internet addict usually does.
C. Where to find an Internet addict.?
D. Why to write this passage.
2 How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?
A. It is something like keeping drugs.?
B. It is a way of producing drugs.
C. It is like taking drugs.
D. It is terrible to imagine.
3. Why do people worry about the teens?
A. The teens are wasting too much money.
B. They used to work on the Internet.
C. The playing field of the teens will disappear.
D. More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.
4. The example in the passage shows that _______.
A. Internet problems are more serious among college students
B. Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
C. Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
D. The police often help to find those Internet addicts.
5. What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?
A. Don’t be addicted to the Internet.
B. Go to family activities more often.
C. Do things as you have planned
D. Stay with your parents as often as possible.
【答案及解析】
1. 选B。在短文的开头就述说了这些上网成瘾的人早上3、4点钟起床去上网；每天四次看E-mail；每次上网时间不少于3小时；甚至在网上聊天的时间比跟自己朋友在一起的时间还多。这些都是他们经常做的事情。故选B。
2. 选C。由句子The use of the Internet can be an addiction like during use.可知，人们上网成瘾就跟take drug(吸毒)成瘾一样。
3. 选D。由第3段中的句子…people worry about the teens.及They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.可知，这是成瘾的症状。故选D。
4. 选C。短文中讲述了一个大学生失踪了好几天，他的朋友非常担心，而且还动用了警察去找他，结果却发现他一直在上网。这说明一些上网的人已经有很大的网瘾了。故选C。
5. 选A。文章例举了上网成瘾的坏处，并在结尾处例举了上网成瘾的症状，这就是要提醒我们不要变成“网络瘾君子”。答案选A。

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For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new－hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50 degrees while it is 27 degrees in the streets! At night, the outsides of the building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storm over the city.
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farming land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. Now roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the city hotter.
It is not easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperatures lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. Also we should paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, 80％ of the world’s population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.
1. The best title for the passage is _______.
A. The earth is getting warmer B. More land is needed
C. Cities are warmer in winter D. Scientists are worried about storms
2. What have scientists found?
A. Atlanta is the hottest town in the USA. B. Buildings become very hot in the sun.
C. It is not as hot on the roof as in the street. D. There are not as many storms as before.
3. What can we do to make the cities cooler?
A. Make more Parks. B. Use air conditioners more.
C. Paint the roofs of all the white buildings. D. Plant more trees.
4. What may happen in future?
A. Most people will move to the villages. B. People will plant more trees outside the cities.
C. We will not have enough food. D. The problem will get better, not worse
参考答案
(1) 1—4 ABDC
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When might you need to give blood(血) for a personality test? The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.
Some people believe that your blood group hides(隐藏) no secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks(任务). This is the very reasons of why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.
The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about this need:“For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15 percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B”.
Do you happen to know your own blood group? It seems that if you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.
1. According to the passage, __________.
A. four types of the blood were discovered by Japan
B. people of good blood might do their work very well
C. know your own blood group and you could get a good job
D. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups
2. Creative persons, good salesmen, thinkers and problem solvers are the four kinds of persons needed by the Japanese company. The proportion mentioned in the passage is __________ respectively.
A. 30%, 15%, 25% and 30% B. 30%, 30%, 25% and 15%
C. 30%, 25%, 30% and 15% D. 25%, 15%, 30% and 30%
3. People belonging to blood group B might be good at __________.
A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficulties
C. doing office work D. painting and writing
4. This passage seems to lead you to believe ____________.
A. your blood group could affect your work
B. blood types can never change your life
C. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis
D. personality tests are exactly correct
5. This passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the origin of blood group
B. the effect of the blood group on personality
C. the secrets of blood groups
D. the new skill of hiring people
参考答案
(2) 1－5 DCDAB
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When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.
Why do you forget things sometimes? There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you didn’t learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you don’t learn them, so you forget them.
You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.
1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you don’t call often?
A. Because the telephone number is too long.
B. Because the telephone number is very strange.
C. Because you look it up in the telephone book.
D. Because you use your short-term memory to remember it.
2. Which is easier to forget?
A. Your best friend’s name. B. Something that you understand.
C. The new information that you have practised a lot.
D. Something that you didn’t learn well in the beginning.
3. How long does a person’s short-term memory last?
A. About half a second. B. About half a minute.
C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.
4. What’s helpful for you to remember better?
A. Learn something well in the end.
B. Look something up often.
C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.
D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _______.
A. keep something in mind long B. learn a foreign language well
C. make a telephone call D. remember a person’s name
参考答案
(3) 1—5 DDBDA
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When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.
Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.
Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon, just before the couple would be going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
1. “talk of the town” means ________.
A. it was in the newspaper
B. people spread rumors about it
C. it was the most popular thing happening
D. it was discussed in a city meeting
2. What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding?
A. People gave it too much of their attention.
B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.
C. It was funny and ridiculous
D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.
3. Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart?
A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.
B. He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.
C. He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.
D. He married a school teacher.
4. Tome would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ______.
A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing
B. it made Tome feel taller
C. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted
D. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller
5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.
B. People are always disappointed during war time.
C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.
D. People should be married when they are small children.
参考答案
(4) 1－5 CBBDC
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Pat Brown went to her bank to ask for an ATM (自动取款机) card. It looks like a credit card. A few weeks later, the bank posted her a card and a four-number personal identification number (PIN). Her PIN is 1234.
As Pat was getting ready for bed one night, she remembered that she had only $2 in her bag. The next day she had to give $10 for a lunch for a co-worker. She didn’t want to get up early to go to the bank. So she had to go to the bank that night. She used her ATM card to take out $50 from her checking account (账户).
These are the steps she followed to withdraw (提取) money. First, she put her card in the lower slot (狭孔) on the right side of the machine. She made sure her card was facing the right way. Second, the computer screen said, “Please enter your PIN.” Pat pressed the number 1, 2, 3 and 4. Next, the screen said, “Please select type of transaction (交易) you want by pressing other keys.” Pat pressed the button key for taking out money.
Then the screen said, “From which account?” The choices it gave were Checking, Savings, and Money market. Pat pressed the key for Checking. Next, the screen said, “Please select amount (数量) of transaction (办理).” Pat pushed the number 5 and then 0 three times, and the screen read, “50.00.” The screen then read, “Please wait.” In less than a minute, it read, “Please lift the lid and take your money.”
Pat lifted the lid marked withdraw (提取). She counted her $50 to make sure the ATM hadn’t made a mistake. Then she waited for her withdrawal slip to come out of the slot at the upper right corner of the machine. Pat checked the slip to make sure it was correct. Then her ATM card was returned through the card slot. She put it in her bag and walked away. If Pat had made a mistake at any point by pressing the wrong button, she could have pressed Cancel (取消, 删去) and started over again.
1. What was Pat’s first step?
A. Pressing the withdrawal button. B. Inserting (插入) her ATM card.
C. Counting her money.
2. What did Pat do at once after choosing the account?
A. Selected whether to withdraw, deposit (存款), or transfer (转帐, 过户) money.
B. Lifted the lid and removed her money.
C. Selected the amount of money she wanted to withdraw.
3. When did Pat enter her PIN?
A. Right after inserting her card. B. Right before selecting the account.
C. Right before selecting the amount of money.
4. When did Pat select the type of transaction?
A. Right before receiving her withdrawal slip. B. Right after recording her PIN.
C. Right after selecting which account she wanted.
5. What did Pat do when the screen said “Please lift the lid and take your money.”?
A. Took her $50. B. Got out her card. C. Picked up her withdrawal slip.
参考答案
(5) 1—5 BCABA
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To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write. Lenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into Russian. But when they went to England in 1902, English people couldn’t understand a word they said and they couldn’t understand what was said to them. These days more and more foreigners are coming to China and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or study. So the spoken language is becoming more and more important.
Speaking, of course, can’t go without listening. If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly. Thy sounds of the Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same. If you don’t listen carefully, you’ll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers.
Well, what about writing? Like speaking, it’s to exchange ideas. People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing. The important thing is to make your idea clear in your head and then to write it in clear lively language.
Chinese students read far too slowly. If you read fast, you understand better. If you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about. When you meet with new words, don’t look them up in the dictionary. Guess the meaning from the context. You may not guess quite correctly the first time, but as new words come up again and again in different contexts, their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word, you’ll never finish a book.
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they are studying. They should study these subjects in the foreign language, not only in translation. In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time.
1. How many points are there in the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2. In his first point the writer told us ____________.
A. how to speak English
B. how to read and write
C. why spoken English is important
D. why English people couldn’t understand Lenin
3. In his last point the writer advised us ____________.
A. to kill two birds with one stone
B. to learn two languages at a time
C. to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D. to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language you are studying
4. In the fourth paragraph the writer gave some advice on ___________.
A. how to read faster
B. how to guess the meaning from the context
C. how to look up new words in the dictionary
D. how to grasp the general meaning of a passage
5. “To kill two birds with one stone” means ___________.
A. to get some particular knowledge B. to get more than what one pays
C. the stone is too big D. the birds are blind enough
参考答案
(6) 1－5 DCDAB
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