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Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who doesn’t know how to swim, falls in deep water? They drown. If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn’t.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never questioned it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts you jam if the operator typed too fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshop for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they took my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.
60．In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim, he will drown because_________.
A．he is afraid of water B．he believes he will drown
C．he hasn’t learnt to swim before D．he doesn’t want to live in the world
61．The author thinks that the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to _________.
A．save more space B．satisfy the operator
C．reduce one’s typing speed D．increase one’s typing speed
62．The author’s experiment shows that________.
A．snakes are dry and clean B．snakes can be caught easily
C．snakes are slimy and poisonous D．snakes in India aren’t poisonous
63．According to the passage, we know that_________
A．students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better life
B．an animal who hasn’t learnt how to swim will drown if you put it in pond
C．most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on the keyboard
D．Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes
64. The main idea of this passage should be that________.
A. beliefs are very powerful
B. beliefs make us seem stupid
C. changing your beliefs now is necessary
D. people should always believe in themselves
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
解析
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试题【Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people b】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A ship hit a rock on its way back. The only 36 of the shipwreck was washed up on a small, 37 island. He prayed 38 for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the 39 for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut 40 driftwood to protect him from the bad weather, and to store his few 41 . But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to 42 his little hut in flames, the 43 rolling up to the sky.
The 44 had happened; everything was lost.
He was shocked with grief and 45 . “God how could you do this to me!” he cried.
Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the 46 of a ship that was 47 the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the tired man of his 48 . “We saw your smoke 49 ,”they replied.
It is easy to get 50 when things are going bad.
But we shouldn"t 51
, because Nature is 52 in our lives, even in the midst of pain and 53 .Remember, 54 your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of Nature.
For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, Nature has a 55 answer for it .
36. A. captain B. boss C. friend D. survior
37. A. lonely B. populated C. rich D. poor
38. A. happily B. feverishly C. sadly D. surprisingly
39. A. horizon B. sky C. land D. tree
40. A. by B. with C. out of D. in
41. A. possessions B. food C. furniture D. animals
42. A; look for B. find C. search D. search for
43. A. fire B. cloud C. smoke D. wind
44. A. best B. worst C. most D. least
45. A. sadness B. silence C. fear D. anger
46. A. sound B. voice C. whisper D. footstep
47. A. reaching B. arriving in C. approaching D. getting to
48. A. friends B. rescuers C. searchers D. brothers
49. A. sign B. mark C. scene D. signal
50. A. encouraged B. discouraged C. enabled D. disabled
51. A. lose heart B. lose our heart C. Lose a heart D. lose hearts
52. A. at work B. at play C. at large D. at table
53. A. blame B. suffering C. praise D. wandering
54. A. the first time B. the last time C. every time D. next time
55. A. wrong B. right C. different D. positive
It was the second day of the three-day Golden Beach Music Festival on Huangdao Peninsula, west of Qingdao, one of China"s most renowned coastal tourist cities. Lines of orange beach umbrellas stood out along the coastline against the big blue sea and sunny sky. Brightly colored tents dotted Golden Beach, which is said to be the best beach in China with the longest stretch of untainted silver sand.
With one hour to go before the start of the show on September 13, Liu Siyuan, one of the festival"s chief promoters, was sitting alone at the sound-mixing station with his head buried in a box lunch. His cellphone, which was close at hand, kept ringing from time to time and Liu picked it up to answer all kinds of questions and give orders on everything from booking train tickets to disposing of trash.. “I"m so busy these days, since I have to arrange everything for the festival. How would I know how to deal with the garbage on the beach?” he said.
But that didn"t matter a bit to festival goers. On the first day, more than 1,000 music fans, local residents and tourists gathered at Golden Beach to enjoy dynamic music mixed with local beer, sea breeze and sunshine.
“This is the most unforgettable music festival I"ve ever attended,” said Mu Er, a music fan and magazine editor who came all the way from Shanghai especially for the beach festival. Mu has been to many other domestic music festivals, including those held on grassland and in city parks.
“Nothing can compare to the beach music experience, which is so extraordinary, relaxing and so much fun,” she said, while wandering around a market where vendors sold postcards, CDs, hats, masks, rock-themed T-shirts and other small handmade products.
Festival goers turned the beach into a giant playground—playing football, swimming, riding motorcycles, flying kites, or just simply sitting on the beach and drinking beer. "(The beach is) damn awesome!" said Joe, a musician from Wales who plays bass with a local five-piece rock band called The Dama Llamas, as he was about to go on stage.
60. Mu Er, a music fan and magazine editor, came to Golden Beach
A. to see the best beach B. to be on holiday
C. to play his own music D. to attend the music festival
61. Mu Er felt the most interested in
A. buying postcards B. wandering around
C. experiencing the beach music D. selling hats and T-shirts
62. It can be inferred that festival goers
A. have a lot of fun on the beach B. have built a giant playground
C. play football every day D. sit and drink free beer every day
An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, or fracture, in the earth"s surface. The tectonic plates on the surface are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges because of friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth"s crust and create the shaking we feel.
An earthquake"s degree is a measured value of its size and is the same no matter where you are, or how strong or weak the shaking was in different locations. An earthquake"s intensity is a measure of the shaking it creates, and varies with location.
A degree of 8 or higher defines a “great” earthquake; 7 to 7.9 is considered “major”; 6 to 6.9 is “strong”;5 to 5.9 is “moderate”; 4 to 4.9 is “light”; 3 to 3.9 is "minor"; and less than 3 is “micro.”
Experts have said that a million people died in earthquakes in the 20th century and that this century might see 10 times as many deaths, with as many as a million killed in a single quake. That is, unless major efforts are made to fortify the world’s growing cities, which are expected to be homes to billions of added residents.
Even though the rate of earthquakes over time seems to be more or less unchanging, the world"s population explosion means that more people are moving into quake zones, which are often near coasts. The result, the experts say, is the prospect of continuing trauma.
“It is inevitable,” Klaus H. Jacob, an earthquake expert at Lamont-Doherty, the earth sciences research center of Columbia University, said at the end of the last century. “More and more people, and more and more buildings, are at stake . As the world gets more populous and richer, allowing a more built-up environment, higher buildings and all the infrastructure that supports our civilization, communications and the like, the risk goes up.”
63. We can feel the earthquake because
A. the plates are always moving.
B. the stress overcomes the friction.
C. the plates get stuck.
D. the waves in which energy is released travel through the earth’s crust.
64. a degree of 8.2 is thought
A. a “moderate” earthquake. B. a “major” earthquake .
C. a “strong” earthquake. D. a “great” earthquake.
65. Experts have said that
A. a billion people died in earthquakes in the 20th century.
B. ten times as many deaths will be seen by this century.
C. a million people will be killed in a single earthquake this century.
D. if we don’t take measures, something worse may happen.
66. The underlined expression probably means .
A. endangered B. strong C. safe D. weak
Beijing retiree Yang Hua was devoting a lot of his time to staying fit by completing his favorite exercises. But, according to his doctors, his routine may have done more harm than good—he recently suffered an illness because he was exercising the wrong way.
“Many people today still do not know how to exercise in scientific ways. As a result, they do not gain from the exercises and in fact may even hurt themselves, said Yang Zeyi, an executive board member of the Asian Council of Exercise and Sports Science.
Health experts said that a cardiopulmonary（心肺的） exercise test is necessary for middle-aged and senior citizens and those with special conditions. The test helps those engaging in exercise know whether their routines（惯例） are safe. It also can find potential unhealthy changes to exercisers" organs and provide suggestions to get fit by conducting real-time and continuous measurement of blood pressure and other physical parameters. The test can also analyze the maximum functioning of which the cardiopulmonary system is capable.
In the past, Yang would not think of creating an exercise plan because of his physical condition.
“I liked to do exercises in the evening but experts told me that the high-strength exercises a
t night would be harmful to my health. They advised me to choose some easy exercises such as walking and to limit the length of time I exercise,”he said. Sun Kanglin, Director of the Beijing M
unicipal Bureau of Sports, 
said, “Exercisers should choose a proper routine and length of time to engage in the activity according to their age, physical condition and profession. It"s important to give scientific directions to today"s exercisers.”He said Beijing"s 18 districts and counties all have physical monitoring stations where people could get suggestions on how to exercise.
“The number of such stations will increase to more than 100 in the future and they will be able to regularly monitor citizens’ physiques. They will also publish statistics for the public,” he said.
67. Yang Zeyi said .
A. people will hurt themselves when exercising
B. middle-aged should not exercise
C. people gain nothing because they exercise
D. many people have no scientific ways of exercising
68. The underlined words in the paragraph 3 means
A. old people B. people in high position
C. people who have much money D. people who have knowledge
69. It can be inferred that .
A. Yang Hua has never exercised.
B. Yang Hua knew how to exercise scientifically
C. Yang Hua has done no harm by exercising
D. Yang Hua must be an old man
70. From the passage we know .
A. today’s exercisers know how to exercise in a scientific way
B. we should exercise according to our ages and physical condition
C. exercise tests are not necessary.
D. the number of exercisers will increase
An Australian 3-year-old was described as a hero after saving his mum from an almost certain death by calling emergency services right after she collapsed(because of an epileptic attack (癫痫发作).
Aiden McDonald amazed the doctors who arrived at Jeanine McDonald’s house 10 minutes after Aiden called 000. The boy was very calm and spoke to the doctors as his mother got into an unconscious state.
Sasha Lewis took the strange call and sent out an ambulance immediately. Aiden answered questions during the 19-minute call that made it clear it was a serious matter.
Lewis said: “He sounded worried and was telling me things like ‘Mummy is not awake’, so I got an idea that it was a fairly serious matter.”
This is part of the “conversation” they had:
“Can I talk to Mummy please?”
“Mummy’s not well.”
“How old are you, sweetheart?”
“I got a clock.”
“Can I talk to Mummy?”
“I can’t get my Mummy.”
“Where is she?”
“On the floor. Mummy’s had a fit （昏厥）.”
“Do you live in Kallangur?”
“We’ve got milk in the fridge and, um, (pause) I can’t find the ambulance (crying), Mummy, Mum ... Mum ... Mum ...”
Mrs McDonald, who was making a cup of tea when she collapsed, was taken to hospital and allowed to leave the same night. “After hearing what he did I thought, no, that can’t be right,” Jeanine McDonald said. “But I’m so proud.”
72. In Australia, people will call 000 when t
hey _____.A. are diagnosed with a serious illness
B. are looking for a job
C. need emergency help in the event of health problem
D. need to find someone to take care of their children
73. Why did Sasha Lewis talk with Aiden on the phone so long?
A. She tried to comfort Aiden and calm him down.
B. She tried to get as much information as possible.
C. Aiden was too slow in speaking on the phone.
D. Aiden was too nervous to describe what was happening.
74. Jeanine McDonald received medical help about _____ after she suddenly became unconscious.
A. 10 minutes B. 20 minutes C. 30 minutes D. one hour
75. The most useful lesson that parents learn from the story is that _____.
A. it’s important to teach children to respond properly in serious situations
B. it’s important to teach children to use the phone
C. they should build a parent-child relationship based on love and trust
D. they should believe that children have the abilities to solve their own problems
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