题目
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Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
小题1:According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.
A.a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed |
B.a soldier who has not had any experience in war |
C.a person who is new in a job |
D.a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country |
A.未完成的 | B.成熟的 | C.青涩的 | D.老练的 |
A.If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. |
B.The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago. |
C.Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. |
D.Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. |
A.all growing plants is green |
B.green is the most important color in nature |
C.a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well |
D.the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years |
A.a greenhorn | B.a green thumb |
C.the Green Revolution | D.the word “green” and its story |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
小题1:C 细节题。根据第三段最后一句a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.说明C正确。
小题21:B 猜测词义题。根据the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.说明这里的是指绿色的植物,或者说的不成熟的植物,故B正确。
小题3:A 根据最后一段The new plants produced much larger crops.说明增加了产量,不是说如果没有这样的革命就不会有米饭吃。
小题4:C 细节题。根据第六段A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well说明C正确。
小题5:D 主旨大意题。文章主要告诉了我们green这个单词以及这个单词的历史和几个green构成的合成词。故D正确。
核心考点
试题【Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves o】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Certainly! there are some differences between British and American English. ‘There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say “in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” Americans say “in the hospital!” and “Do you have a pen?”. Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound theirs in words like “bird” and “hurt”. Speakers of British English do not sound theirs in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, “colour” and “honour” are British, “color” and honor” are American.
These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.
小题1:According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that_______.
A.British people cannot understand him |
B.American people cannot understand him |
C.the grammar is too hard for him |
D.the spelling is too hard for him |
A.spelling | B.pronunciation | C.grammar | D.all of the above |
A.Whether there are differences between British English and American English. |
B.Whether British English and American English are one language or two. |
C.How the differences between British English and American English came about. |
D.How important the differences are. |
A.British people | B.Americans | C.children | D.teachers |
A.little | B.much | C.some | D.great |
Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and compel students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.
An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.
In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye – the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that "if you"re surrounded by whites, you have something to prove."
Researchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.
According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.
An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.
Grace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. "This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race," she said.
At Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.
"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly," said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. "This is the definition of integration."
"I"ve experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes and reinforced stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts "provided more multicultural acceptance and melding (融合)," there were also "jarring cultural confrontations."
The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.
Kao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.
小题1:What can we learn from some recent studies?
A.Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable. |
B.Students of different races are prejudiced against each other. |
C.Interracial lodging does more harm than good. |
D.Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes. |
A.White students tend to look down upon their black peers. |
B.Black students can compete with their white peers academically. |
C.Black students feel somewhat embarrassed among white peers during the freshman year. |
D.Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed. |
A.The school randomly assigns roommates without regard to race. |
B.Students of different races are required to share a room. |
C.Interracial lodging is arranged by the school for freshmen. |
D.Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception. |
As a mythical(神秘的)creature, the dragon is deeply rooted in Chinese culture. Traditionally, dragons are considered to govern rainfall. They have the power to decide where and when the rain falls. In addition, the dragon is a symbol of imperial (帝王的)power. The emperors thought they were real dragons and the sons of the heaven.
But the creature is regarded differently in Western countries. In the Bible, dragons represent the devil(恶人). Western people usually see dragons as cold-blooded reptiles(爬虫), like snakes and cruel killers. In their eyes, dragons are also dishonest.
Dragons in Western literature are presented as monsters(怪物). It is a common tale for a mediaeval knight(中世纪的骑士) to kill a dragon and save a princess and her country from its evil. Even the popular boy wizard Harry Potter has to battle against a dragon.
However, dragons are not all bad in the West. "Puff the Magic Dragon" is a well-known song. The lyrics(歌词) tell a bitter-sweet story of the dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy. When Jackie grows up, he loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff upset. Puff represents the innocence of a child"s imagination, which is very positive for a dragon.
小题1:The underlined word” emblems” in the first paragraph means “_______”.
A.symbols | B.names | C.places | D.parks |
A wizard B. A mediaeval knight C. A princess D. A monster
小题3:The writer gave the example of “ Puff the Magic Dragon” to show_____.
A.dragons can represent the innocence of child’s imagination |
B.children don’t like to play with dragons |
C.dragons are not all bad in the West |
D.not all people in the West like dragons |
It’s said that more than 100 million Chinese people are watching the program. Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society.
On the other hand, the documentary also stimulates(刺激) Chinese people’s consumption(消费). Taobao, one of China’s biggest online shopping sites, reports that the search(搜索) on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within one week, and sales have increased to 5.82 million, or 20%.
To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary last July. Filming lasted about nine months.
Liu Wen, the director, says “As CCTV-9 serves as a window, allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only appreciate the beauty of Chinese cuisines, but also learn Chinese customs.”
小题1:A Bite of China is a .
A.film | B.magazine | C.book | D.TV program |
A.culture | B.cuisine | C.news | D.society |
A.Internet communication | B.film making |
C.food business | D.story writing |
A.Most people watch the program because they want to learn how to cook. |
B.Taobao is China’s biggest online shopping site. |
C.You can buy some food that’s more delicious and cheaper through the program. |
D.There’re many wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”. |
Many people may think the increase will help farmers. But have higher prices of farm products really benefited the farmers?
Take the increase in vegetable prices in the first half of this year for example. Though natural disasters such as droughts and spring frost did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly—in fact, prices of some products did not increase at all—vegetables have become dearer by as much as 20 percent compared to that of last year. This means only a small part (or even none) of the extra money that city people have paid to buy farm products has gone to the farmers. The extra cost actually has gone to middlemen.
As the fact shows, just increasing prices of farm products will have negative influence on the entire economy. On one hand, the price increase has created some abnormal phenomena, which hurts farmers’ interests. On the other hand, resources will enter the agriculture because of the high price of farm products, which would finally create negative effect on the whole economy.
In such a case, it would be better to leave the market to decide the prices instead of raising farm products’ prices to protect the interests of farmers. Actually, such a way will be better for farmers in the long run.
小题1:What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing the passage?
A.Farmers benefit a lot from the price increase. |
B.Price increase has not helped farmers. |
C.We should be sorry for farmers. |
D.Price increase has a bad effect on economy. |
A. nobody | B.the country | C.middlemen | D.farmers |
A.the government has done something to prevent the prices from rising further |
B.it is better for farmers to leave the market to decide the prices in the long run |
C.natural disasters did not cause the prices of farm products to increase greatly |
D.rising housing prices has made life very difficult for people |
A.Negative. | B.Indifferent.(漠不关心的) |
C.Enthusiastic. | D.Positive. |
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