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really know is that men, 2 animals, somehow 3 certain sounds to express thoughts, actions, and
things, 4 they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed 5 certain signs, 6
letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and 7 could be written down. These
sounds, 8 spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The 9 of words, then, lies in their associations-the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with 10 for us by experience. 11 we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our 12 and the more we read
and learn, the more 13 words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those 14 not
only have great thoughts but also 15 these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds
and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is 16 we call literary style. Above all, the real poet
is a matter of 17 . he can convey (传达) his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can 18 men to tears. We should therefore learn to 19 our words carefully
and use them accurately, 20 they will make our speech silly and vulgar (粗俗的).
| ( )1. A. in other words ( )2. A. unlike ( )3. A.discovered ( )4. A.unless ( )5. A.to ( )6. A. formed ( )7. A. what ( )8. A. whether ( )9. A. energy ( )10. A. sounds ( )11. A.The longer ( )12. A. past ( )13. A.a number of ( )14. A.who ( )15. A.say ( )16. A.what ( )17. A.thoughts ( )18. A.move ( )19. A.elect ( )20. or | B. word for word B. like B. found B. so that B. with B. spoken B. which B. neither B. force B. pronunciation B. Long B. present B. the number of B. that B. write B. how B. himself B. let B. select B. and | C. in a word C. as C. created C. as if C. upon C. written C. whom C. either C. power C. structure C. Longer C. now C. the number C. what C. explain C. why C. words C. get C. decide C. so | D. in word D. with D. invented D. in case D. at D. called D. as D. if D. strength D. meanings D. The long D. future D. numbers of D. they D. express D. which D. poems D. make D. choose D. but |
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern | |||
| 1. What is the aim of the plan? | |||
| A. To prevent the students" road accident. B. To relieve the traffic pressure. C. To save time for the parents and students. D. To help the parents save money | |||
| 2. How can the local government arrange the new bus service at a low cost? | |||
| A. By letting the bus run in the morning only. B. By limiting the number of the students. C. By getting the support from the hea  dmaster.D. By linking(连接) the new bus service with the existing one. | |||
| 3. Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out? | |||
| A. The bus company will make much more money. B. The children can choose whatever school they like. C. The parents can get rid of their worries. D. The students in Impington school can have free bus rides. | |||
| 4. This passage is most probably ______. | |||
| A. a personal letter B. an advertisement C. a headmaster"s report D. a newspaper article | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding? To see whether babies know objects are solid, T.Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion (视觉影像) of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid, and they show surprise in their faces and reach out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected movements. All the 16-to 24-week-old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there. Grown-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear or go to never-never land? Experiments done by bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 1  6-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen,they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The researcher substituted (替换) a ball for the train when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But 16-week-old babies did not seem to notice the switch (更换). Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of "something permanence," while the 22-week-old babies had a sense of object permanence related to a particular object. | |||
| 1. The passage is mainly about ______. | |||
| A. babies" sense of sight B. effects of experiments on babies C. babies" understanding of objects D. different tests on babies" feelings | |||
| 2. In Paragraph 3, "object permanence" means that when out of sight, an object ______. | |||
| A. still exists B. keeps its shape C. still stays solid D. is beyond reach | |||
| 3. What did Bower use in his experiment? | |||
| A. A chair B. A screen C. A film D. A box | |||
| 4. Which of the following statements is true? | |||
| A. The babies didn"t have a sense of direction. B. The older babies preferred toy trains to balls C. The younger babies liked looking for missing objects. D. The babies couldn"t tell a ball from its optical illusion. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| "Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell." This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 52 wrote it. We all love new inventions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You"re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes empty and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up (加速) our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed (压力) and tired. Why  do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they simpler lives. On e family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones. The grandmother, Lyn, said, "It was hard physically, but not mentally." She believed life was less materialistic. "The more things you have , the more difficult life becomes." She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things. Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions! Don"t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don"t check your e-mail every day. Don"t reply to somebody as son as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets boring. | |||
| 1. The passage is mainly about_______. | |||
| A. problems with technology B. improvements of our life with technology C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology | |||
| 2. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to _______. | |||
| A. share a truth about life B. tell us what life was like long time ag  oC. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same | |||
| 3. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940"s house because ______. | |||
| A. they liked to live simple lives B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions C. they were troubled by modern inventions D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them | |||
| 4. What do you think the underlined word "available" in the first suggestion offered by the writter means? | |||
| A. Busy on line B. Free C. Able to be used D. Able to be found by others | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| To be sure, only children experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. They also tend to look only to their parents as role models in the absence of brothers and sisters. In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter (反对) the myth that they are not responsible. "People think we"re treated too kindly and ruined," says Sankpal, a computer engineering students. "But I"d like to remind them how lonely it can get." Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain"s David Emerson, co-author of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elder mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable (易受攻击的)to house breakers, to a new one with more security. "The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it," he says. "After all, I am left with that responsibility." In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasing, many families are finding they simply don"t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust. | |||
| 1. it can be inferred from the passage that the author"s attitude towards only children is _______. | |||
| A. objective B. subjective C. ironic D. Humorous | |||
| 2. It can be inferred from the passage that only children"s parents should______. | |||
| A. do volunteer work to help their only children B. let their only children make all the decisions alone C. set good examples for their only children D. found a support group for their only children | |||
| 3. Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he _______. | |||
| A. is the only who cares about her B. doesn"t want to leave her alone C. wants to share the responsibility with her D. is wo  rried about her safety | |||
| 4. It is quite usual now for a working mother to__________. | |||
| A. spend all her time and money on her only child B. be responsible for bringing up her only child C. have and bring up only one child D. devote all her energy to her job | |||
| 5. The main idea of the passage is that______. | |||
| A. only children have to face many challenges B. only children are ruined and irresponsible C. most only children want to share their responsibility with their parents D. most only children have no brothers and sisters | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The fattened (压平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often. The circles are called "crop circles" because they appear in the fields of grain - usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmer had found. They couldn"t do it. They couldn"t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks(痕迹), and they couldn"t flatten the grain without breaking it. Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circle to communicate with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them. Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles - the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those. | |||
| 1. In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that __________. | |||
| A. some of his wheat had been damaged B. his grain was growing up in circles. C. his grain was moved into several circles D. some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground. | |||
| 2. According to the text, the underlined part "hoax" (in the 3rd paragraph) probably means __________. | |||
| A. an attempt made to fool people B. a special way to plant crops C. a research on the force of winds D. an experiment for the protection of crops. | |||
| 3. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man? | |||
| A. The farmer couldn"t step out of the field. B. The farmers couldn"t make the circles round. C. The farmers couldn"t leave without footprints. D. The farmers couldn"t keep the wheat straight up. | |||
| 4. A proper title for this passage is ___________. | |||
| A. An Unsolved Mystery B. Strange Flying Objects C. The Power of Natural Forces D. The discovery of Strange Circles |
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