Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future ? While express mail representing efficiency and speed is prevalent（盛行的）in China , there is another type of mail appearing as a new business : “ Future Mail ” . “ Future Mail ” service can make people slow down and let them understand the meaning of “ time ” in another way . And “ Future Mail ” letters are “ reminders of affection , friendship and love ”.
Lin Xiao fan , a senior high school student in Hefei , wrote a letter to her mother in advance to express her love to her mother for next Mother’s Day . Feng Xiao , a youth who feels pressure despite of some achievements in her career decided to write a letter to herself on her 25th birthday and have it delivered five years later on her 30th birthday through a “ Future Mail ” . She expressed her thoughts about her present life and her expectations for the future to encourage herself to face up to the challenges of her life with courage .
While “ Future Mail ” is gaining popularity , some people are concerned about what happens if the postal address of the receiver changes or if the company goes broke before letters are delivered . Actually , customers required to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment so they can be compensated if their letters or goods are lost or damaged .
Most of the business’s customers are college students and young white-collar workers . Psychologists said young Chinese might be given a vent（发泄）to their negative feelings through the service . Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letters so they can experience the connection between “ past ” and “ present ” while they receive the letters . It can help people reunderstand the meaning of “ time ” .
小题1:The underlined word in Para . 3 probably means .| A．paid | B．changed | C．bought | D．repaired |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true ?| A．People can express their thoughts and feelings to themselves or others through a “ Future Mail ” . | | B．The “ Future Mail ” business is not perfect . | | C．Only young people accept the new “ Future Mail ” service . | | D．“ Future Mail ”service can let people reunderstand the meaning of “ time ” . |
小题3:You can read this article in newspaper’s part .| A．sports . | B．science | C．leisure | D．policy |
小题4:Which is NOT the purpose of Feng Xiao’s letter ?| A．To encourage herself to face up to the challenges . | | B．To express her thoughts about her present life . | | C．To express her expectations for the future . | | D．To remind herself of something she must do . |
小题5:The best title of this article should be .| A．The Different Kinds of Letter | | B．“ Future Mail ” Business Taking off in China | | C．The Advantage of “ Future Mail ” | | D．The Letter in Future |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B |
试题分析：小题1:A 推理题。根据本句, customers required to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment so they can be compensated if their letters or goods are lost or damaged .说明如果信件或者货物损坏，他们能够获得赔偿，故A正确。
小题2:C 推理题。根据最后一段第一行Most of the business’s customers are college students and young white-collar workers .说明主要是大学生和年轻的白领。但是也有别的人。C项中的only表达错误。故C符合要求。
小题3:C 推理题。本文是关于一种新型的邮件，属于娱乐休闲方面的新闻，故C正确。
小题4:D 细节题。根据第二段，2,3,4,5 Feng Xiao , a youth who feels pressure despite of some achievements in her career decided to write a letter to herself on her 25th birthday and have it delivered five years later on her 30th birthday through a “ Future Mail ” . She expressed her thoughts about her present life and her expectations for the future to encourage herself to face up to the challenges of her life with courage .说明ABC都是目的，只有D没有提及。
小题5:B 主旨大意题。文章主要讨论的是“ Future Mail ” service。故B正确。
点评：文章主要讨论的是“ Future Mail ” service。集中考查推理题，要求考生在阅读时注意文章的细节和上下文串联，从细微处入手，合理推理。同时要注意每一段的主题句和中心思想。 |
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“ I’d like to be at a healthier weight , ” a friend told me . “ But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym .” Many people feel that way—that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost . Don’t lose hope ! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money .
First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “ diet foods . ” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping , 90% of the food I bought was ingredients . Very few things were preprocessed（预处理的）. Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food . That’s a bad thing .
Quick foods like boxed “ just add hamburger ” meals have had the fiber removed to make them faster to prepare . Take a look at the label on that box . It often has low numbers listed under “ fiber ” because fiber takes longer to digest . If the low fiber meal is digested , the result is that your body begins to store fat . Besides , your body is short of nutrients（营养物质）. You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating .
And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable . If not , the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it . However , these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health .
What’s the answer ? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive , low nutrition , processed foods . Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food —and it will cost less , too .
小题1:People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think .| A．they had too much diet foods | | B．they didn’t make a detailed plan | | C．they have no time to do exercise in gym | | D．they can’t afford diet foods and to exercise in gym |
小题2: The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because .| A．it contains too much fat | B．it makes people eat less | | C．it has low fiber | D．it takes longer to digest |
小题3:The underlined word “ palatable ” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ ”.| A．fresh | B．delicious | C．healthy | D．simple |
小题4:The author suggests in the text that people should .| A．control the amount of food | | B．eat more processed foods | | C．cook food for themselves | | D．choose cheap ingredients |
小题5:Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ? （①="Paragraph" 1,
②="Paragraph" 2 ,…⑤="Paragraph" 5）| A．①/②③④/⑤ | B．①②/③④/⑤ | C．①②③/④/⑤ | D．①/②③/④⑤ |
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-There is a very special wolf that lives in Africa. They are actually called, the African wild dog, or painted dogs.
These animals live in open woodlands. or in the plains of Africa. Today, however, most of the animals can be found in eastern or southern Africa. These animals are beautiful. They have rounded ears instead of pointed like most dogs, and they have four toes (脚趾) on each of their feet, also a unique characteristic because other dogs have five. Their fur is always different from each other. The fur is usually a combination of black, brown, red, and white, and sometimes even yellow. No wonder they’re called the painted wolf.
The African wild dog is a very social animal. They live in groups and have numbers from five to about twenty. The members of a group are always very close to one another. They communicate in their own language or body language. When someone is very old or sick, the others will help, and they are willing to share the food with elders and with those who are weak, which is what we should learn from.
The family does everything together, from raising young, to sleeping together, to hunting. When they hunt, they work together using team work to kill animals that are larger than them.
They sometimes hunt farm animals. This is unfortunate, because both poachers (偷猎者), and people who own farms shoot the painted dogs who are just trying to survive.
Before, there used to be many large groups throughout the land, but now the African wild dog is very rare. They are also losing their population because of their own loss of habitat thanks to human’s farming and forest cutting.
小题1:Why do African wild dogs get the name “painted dogs” ?| A．They all have colorful fur. | | B．The dogs in the same group are of different colors. | | C．Artists love to paint them in different colors. | | D．None of them has the same color. |
小题2:According to the author, what should we learn from African wild dogs?| A．They always do everything together. | | B．They are always very close to one another. | | C．They help the sick, the elderly and the weak. | | D．They communicate in their own language. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT the reason why African wild dogs are becoming very rare?| A．Poachers kill some of them. | | B．They are short of food sometimes. | | C．They are losing their habitat. | | D．Farmers shoot some of them. |
小题4:Where could this passage probably be found?| A．The Travelers | B．Fashion Weekly | | C．Animal World | D．Star Magazine |
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-What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技术). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live, Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine repair their organs(器官). The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on—in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
小题1: According to the passage, human death is now mainly caused by __________.| A．diseases and aging | | B．accidents and war | | C．accidents and aging | | D．heart disease and war |
小题2: In the author’s opinion, today’s most important advance in technology lies in __________.| A．brain cell | B．the Internet | | C．medicine | D．human organ |
小题3:Humans may live longer in the future because _________.| A．heart disease will be far away from us | | B．human brains can decide the final death | | C．the basic materials of cells will last forever | | D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine |
小题4:How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?| A．Over 100 years. | | B．More than 120 years. | | C．About 150 years. | | D．The passage doesn"t tell us. |
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When we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”. But is it really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness？
Have you read the book “The Wolf Totem” by a famous writer Jiang Rong, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever 41 the wolves" world? If you had, you would 42 the wolves. In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about 43 than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to 44 full use of the shape of land to 45 sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be 46 experts good at fighting.
The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand 47 .Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A 48 wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves 49 nothing. All the wolves obey the rules. 50 they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork 51 makes wolves powerful.
The wolves also have great self respect and won"t 52 to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book “The Wolf Totem”, 53 stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his 54 , he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with 55 wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was 56 and he never gave in, fighting 57 his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.
I was shocked by this kind of 58 wolves are one of the most respected creatures on the earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a 59 way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and 60 in this not simple but dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!
| 小题1: | | A．thought about | B．walked into | C．talked about | D．cared for |
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| 小题2: | | A．hunt | B．admire | C．draw | D．watch |
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| 小题3: | | A．space | B．spot | C．food | D．survival |
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| 小题5: | | A．fight | B．avoid | C．trap | D．discover |
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| 小题6: | | A．special | B．imaginative | C．outstanding | D．creative |
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| 小题7: | | A．operation | B．teamwork | C．lifestyle | D．control |
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| 小题8: | | A．single | B．brave | C．lonely | D．fair |
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| 小题9: | | A．fight | B．struggle | C．fear | D．fail |
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| 小题10: | | A．As for | B．As though | C．Even so | D．Even if |
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| 小题12: | | A．turn in | B．give in | C．take in | D．break in |
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| 小题14: | | A．satisfaction | B．disappointment | C．pleasure | D．sorrow |
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| 小题15: | | A．rest | B．others | C．another | D．the other |
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| 小题16: | | A．proud | B．satisfied | C．willing | D．eager |
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| 小题17: | | A．until | B．although | C．before | D．unless |
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| 小题18: | | A．selflessness | B．self-confidence | C．self-respect | D．self-protection |
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| 小题19: | | A．curious | B．different | C．strange | D．humorous |
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| 小题20: | | A．walk | B．hand | C．get | D．succeed |
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Each child has his individual（个人的）pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles （打斗）. An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else.
A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself （where he can’t get into trouble）or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile （幼稚的）pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers（障碍）toward social contact.
小题1:Which of the following may have effect on children’s paten of social development?| A．Age. | B．Education | C．Home life. | D．Gender（性别） |
小题2:The passage implies that which of the following may have the earliest time learning to get along with others?| A．An only child | | B．A child from a large family | | C．Twins | | D．Children who are continually scolded |
小题3:Which of the following is implied by the passage?| A．Too much scolding of children may make their social development difficult. | | B．All children developed in the same ways. | | C．Children who are constantly scolded may learn to get along with others quickly. | | D．Deserted children often exhibit quicker social development. |
小题4:We can inferred from the passage that ________.| A．continual scolding is not harmful to the child. | | B．continual scolding holds back healthy social development. | | C．continual scolding has no effect on obeying orders. | | D．continual scolding has no effect on physical development |
小题5:Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons?| A．School and home | B．Home and playground | | C．Classroom and playground | D．All of the above |
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