Today，people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big，noisy cities.They are moving from the peaceful hills，mountains，fields，rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets，buildings，traffic and crowds.This movement from rural areas to urban_areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
In many countries，the main reason why people come to live in towns and cities is work.After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town，people come to find work，and soon an industrial area begins to grow.There is usually a residential area nearby，where the factory workers can live.The families of these workers need schools，hospitals and shops，so more people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world，there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices.In the United States，this area is usually in the city centre.It is here that you can see the huge skyscraper office blocks.The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day.Many of them live in the suburbs of the city，far away from the industrial area and the city centre.Some suburbs are very pleasant，with nice houses and big gardens.There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger? Perhaps not.Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years，and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.
小题1:We can easily know that the underlined phrase “urban areas” means________. | A．areas of the countryside | | B．areas of a town or city | | C．areas near the countryside | | D．areas near a town or city |
小题2:Why do people move to live in cities or towns?| A．Because they can live more comfortably there. | | B．Because they prefer a noisy life to a peaceful life. | | C．Because they want to find work. | | D．Because they are sure of having a better life there. |
小题3:In a residential area，you can see________.| A．rows of houses，schools and shops | | B．many offices and factories | | C．a lot of factories and farms | | D．many houses with offices and factories |
小题4:In the United States many people work in the centre of a big city________.| A．while living on the faraway edge of the city | | B．and live there | | C．but live in another city | | D．but live far away out of the city |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A |
小题1:答案 B [词义猜测题。由第一段中“...people...are moving...to go and live in big，noisy cities.They are moving...to the busy world...”可判断答案为B。]
小题2:答案 C [细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知。]
小题3:答案 A [细节理解题。由第二段最后两句可知。residential areas意为“居民区”。]
小题4:答案 A [细节理解题。根据第三段第四、五两句话“The people who work...the city centre。”可知A项正确。] |
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Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a brightblue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don"t come at all. “That water kills people，” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neibourhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it.
There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litres—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that day—two or three buckets" worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn"t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it"s cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi"s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.
小题1:The underlined word “slum” most likely means________. | A．a village | | B．a small town | | C．an area of a town with badlybuilt, overcrowded buildings | | D．the part of a town that lacks water badly |
小题2:Sometimes the water tanker doesn"t come because________.| A．the weather is bad | | B．there is no electricity | | C．there is no water | | D．people don"t want the dirty water |
小题3:A person needs at least________litres of water a day.| A．a hundred | B．four hundred | | C．forty | D．fifty |
小题4:Which of the following statements is WRONG?| A．A hundred litres of water a day is enough for Shoba"s family. | | B．Americans uses the largest amount of water each day. | | C．In Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water. | | D．Shoba has a family of seven people. |
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For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened.
By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead, Fifi wasn"t a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.
Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?
We didn"t always. Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint"s(基督徒的)day on which the storm occurred. Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.
Meteorologists (气象学家) then tried naming storms after the latitude (纬度) and longitude (经度) where they occurred.
Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people"s names —specifically, female names. Male names were added in 1979.
There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”( 热带风暴)．
Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y ，Z. the names alternate (交替)between male and female.
A storm won"t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm. At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it"s declared a hurricane.
The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific.
So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It"s happened before. The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.
Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida. He is in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.
He doesn"t do it alone, though. His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can find that ________.| A．Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi | | B．Honduras is a country which has no mountains | | C．Honduras is a country which faces the ocean | | D．Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．There were no hurricanes two centuries ago. | | B．The Caribbean is a state of the United States. | | C．The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often. | | D．Fifi was formed off the Pacific. |
小题3:The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows，________. | A．are set for use. | | B．are all from American English | | C．are difficult to spell | | D．are easy to fix |
小题4:The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________.| A．citizens holding the same opinion | | B．people with a similar position or function | | C．passengers traveling by sea | | D．assistants working abroad |
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When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob (烤肉串)hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything less.
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customer especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, an reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled with food.
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordably but practical as well.
The food, especially appeals to healthconscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill(烤肉架)．
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat.
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grille chicken pieces served with either rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, kabob consisting of grilled beef.
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a plan that should not be overlooked.
小题1:When first entering the restaurant，one can find that it________.| A．is splendidly decorated | | B．has pleasant smells of kabobs | | C．is crowded with dining table | | D．looks like a common restaurant |
小题2: What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?| A．Watching news events on TV. | | B．Drinking a kind of black coffee. | | C．Reading local English newspaper. | | D．Discussing world topics in low voices. |
小题3:The food of the restaurant_________.| A．is served in small amounts | B．is rather expensive | | C．is rich in variety | D．is very healthy |
小题4:What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of?| A．Rice. | B．Chicken. | C．Bread. | D．Beef. |
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Having finished her homework，Ma Li wants some music for relaxation(娱乐)．As usual，she starts her computer and goes to Baidu.Come to download music files.But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs"copyright bursts onto the screen.The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright.Lawsuits(诉讼)have been filed against four websites offering free downloads.In September 2005, a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation(赔偿)for their losses.Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website.This caused a heated discussion on Internet file sharing.
“Baidu"s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying.Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines，”said an official.
Like many teens，Huang Ruoru，an 18yearold girl from Puning in Guangdong Province，doesn"t think that getting music from websites is wrong.She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends.When told about the lawsuit，she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others" work without paying.
However，other teenagers have different ideas.Wang Yafei，a Senior 2 girl from Jinan，Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers.“If I download a song and really like it，I will buy the CD，”she said.“So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music，rather than pursuing(追赶，追击)filesharers.”
小题1:Which of the following best describes the passage?| A．Music on the Internet is of better quality. | | B．Downloading material can be illegal. | | C．It"s good to get free music on the Internet. | | D．Baidu is a popular Web company. |
小题2:The four Web companies were put to court because ________.| A．they got copyrighted songs without paying | | B．they downloaded copyrighted music for people | | C．they make copyrighted files for free downloads | | D．they offer free music on line |
小题3:How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuits?| A．A bit guilty. | B．A little sad. | | C．Extremely angry. | D．Awfully sorry. |
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In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally ____them and the job they do，although there are certain people who do not believe that the police____have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not ____job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in ____.A policeman often has to control traffic, either____ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time ____up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop ____motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the ___， too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we ___ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to ____ situation at great risk to their own ____.We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, ____ he is not a detective(侦探)，will often have to help___and arrest criminals.
And ___ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a____，a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.___a policeman has to be ____to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the ___ world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ____ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could____do the job of a policeman.
| 小题1: | | A．dislike | B．join | C．appreciate | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．should | B．would | C．could | D．must |
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| 小题3: | | A．a funny | B．a pleasant | C．an interesting | D．an easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．walking | B．driving | C．wandering | D．searching |
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| 小题7: | | A．resting | B．tired | C．speeding | D．drunken |
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| 小题8: | | A．peace | B．silence | C．situation | D．condition |
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| 小题9: | | A．wait for | B．call | C．think of | D．expect |
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| 小题10: | | A．turn to | B．avoid | C．deal with | D．treat |
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| 小题11: | | A．safety | B．families | C．future | D．friends |
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| 小题12: | | A．although | B．as if | C．however | D．even if |
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| 小题13: | | A．get rid of | B．question | C．look for | D．sentence |
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| 小题15: | | A．power failure | B．fire | C．thunder storm | D．thief |
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| 小题17: | | A．provided | B．promised | C．prepared | D．presented |
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| 小题18: | | A．future | B．modern | C．real | D．whole |
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| 小题19: | | A．extremely | B．specially | C．surprisingly | D．particularly |
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| 小题20: | | A．hardly | B．forever | C．ever | D．never |
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