When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said "the phone". Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. !" The mobile saved my life, "says Crystal Johnstone. She had
an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, "We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near--but we didn"t meet for the first two weeks!"
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn"t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they"re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(进入) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
小题1:How do you understand" Point 1—The telephone creates the need to communicate,... "？| A．People don"t communicate without telephone. | | B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone. | | C．People communicate more since telephone has been created. | | D．People communicate more because of more traffic. |
小题2:Which of the following best shows people"s attitude towards mobile phones?| A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency. | | B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people. | | C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged. | | D．Mobile phones are part of people"s life. |
小题3:Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people"s life?
a. Point 1. b. Point 2. c. Point 3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.小题4:It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .| A．the TV screen | B．a fax machine | | C．the phone line hooked up to the computer | D．a microphone |
小题5:The best heading for the passage is .| A．The power of Phones | B．Kinds of Phones | | C．How to Use Phones | D．Advantage of Phones |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
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试题分析：本文通过“女儿”选择电话，作者谈到电话在日常生活中的作用，以及电话带来的负面影响
小题1:C 细节理解题。根据第二段提到My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about我的女儿从四点回到家，花了一小时与同学聊天，如果没有电话，她还会说吗？可知因为电话的产生，交流得更多了。故选C项。
小题2:B 细节理解题。根据第三段提到Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone.电话意味着我们不再孤单，第四段提到Point 3 The mobile removes our secret电话让我们没有秘密，故选B项。
小题3:D 细节理解题。问题在问手机的哪些功能改善人们的生活，Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone手机让人不再孤单 Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives.手机允许我们与外界联系，故选D项。
小题4:C 考查常识题。根据最后一段Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously (同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does.通过网络和不认识的人聊天这是常识
小题5:A主旨大意。根据文中提到Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology手机改变我们的生活，但也带给我们的便利，以及改变我们的生活。所以A最恰当 |
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Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making a polite conversation with an Ethiopian (埃塞俄比亚的) teenager about her wedding day. The 16yearold had already been married for a year. “She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, ‘I had to drop out of school’，” Robinson said in a telephone interview. “That conveyed to me the reality，” said Robinson, the first woman to serve as Ireland"s president and former U．N. high commissioner for human fights. “Her life, as far as she is concerned, had more or less ended.”
Robinson said keeping girls in school was one of the most important things policymakers could do to address the coming challenges of an ever-increasing population, predicted by the United Nations to reach 7 billion soon. “European countries are concerned about aging populations as is Japan, but this is much less of an issue than the huge number of people which we are going to see over the next 40 years when the population goes from 7 billion to 9 billion，” she said. “Almost all of that increase will be in poor developing countries, so that we have a very big challenge.”
Family planning experts worry in particular about the future population explosion in subSaharan Africa. In May, the United Nations projected the world population would reach 9.3billion in 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100. Much of that growth will come from Africa, where the population is growing at 2.3 percent a year—more than double Asia"s 1 percent growth rate. If that rate stays consistent, which is not certain, Africa"s population will reach 3.6 billion by 2100 from the present 1 billion.
Joel Cohen, a professor of population studies at Rockefeller University and Columbia University in New York, said universal secondary education offered a way to reduce population in high birthrate regions. In addition to providing information about birth control, a secondary education teaches women to reduce their own fertility (生育力), improve the health of their children and allows them to move from a mindset of having many children, in the hopes that some will survive to improving the quality of each child"s life, Cohen wrote in the journal Nature.
小题1:In the first paragraph, the author introduces his topic by ________.| A．explaining the author"s opinions | | B．giving an example | | C．describing the poor education system | | D．coming straight to the topic |
小题2:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Robinson is happy after talking to the Ethiopian girl. | | B．Robinson is a successful expert in population studies. | | C．Robinson is worried about population growth. | | D．Robinson encourages female education. |
小题3:What is Joel Cohen"s view about secondary education?| A．It provides basic knowledge of health. | | B．It improves the health of children. | | C．It makes people pay more attention to education. | | D．It can change people"s parenting ideas. |
小题4:According to Robinson, what is one of the most important things policymakers can do to prevent the population from increasing rapidly?| A．Keeping girls in school. | | B．Letting girls go away from Africa. | | C．Letting young girls remain single. | | D．Keeping girls in families. |
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Discover the beautiful, silent, white world or Antarctica on the holidays of a life-time．Head South to Buenos Aires and then transfer to the world"s most southern city, Ushuaia．From there, it"s about 1,000 kilometers on a special icebreaker ship to the freezing temperature of Antarctica．
Getting off the ship and taking your first step onto the ice, you will imagine what it is like to be an explorer．Meet penguins（企鹅） sitting on their eggs, or see an Antarctic seal that lives all the year round on the ice．But do not get closer than five meters to any animal, in case you frighten it or make it angry．
The friendly crew of the ship will look after you as you explore the ice continent. We promise you fantastic meals and a comfortable bed — you sleep in a four-person cabin — as well as many special treats．If you don"t think it is cold enough, try the ""polar plunge" — jump into a special hole dug in the ice and dip your head under the water．You can then jump into a hot bath and if you succeed we will give you a certificate．
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小题1:How should you behave when you see animals on Antarctica?| A．Don"t take photos with them． | | B．Sit on the legs of the penguin． | | C．Don"t watch them too near． | | D．Never make them angry． |
小题2:If you want to get a certificate, you have to ．| A．try the "polar plunge" | | B．sleep in a four-person cabin | | C．have a bath in hot water | | D．dive in the sea |
小题3:The author writes this text mainly to ．| A．describe what Antarctica is like | | B．tell about the scenery in Antarctica | | C．call for people to discover Antarctica | | D．attract more tourists to Antarctica |
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Dogs already guide blind and disabled people and now they are to be trained to help people with dementia．The idea developed by some university students will now be put into practice by Scotland Medical Center．The research is meaningful, for there are 670, 000 people in Britain who have dementia and by 2021 this is expected to rise to one million．
Dementia can make people confuse night and day or forget basic things such as washing or drinking enough water．The dogs would be trained to help to guide them through the day．
Joyce Gray from Scotland Medical Center said, "People in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relatively normal life, and dogs help them to maintain routine．M For example, people with memory loss will tend to forget to take medicine, "but if a dog presents them with a bag with pills in it, there"s a greater chance of them taking it．"
Ms．Gray also said dogs were perfectly suited to remind their owners to eat．"Dogs have an ability to say "it"s my feeding time^, so there would be a note in the cupboard next to the dog"s food reminding the dog"s owner to eat too．"
The dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks．"It gives a reason for the owner to go out into the community," Ms．Gray said, "We did a test with an elderly person walking down the high street on his own．Then we gave him a dog on a lead and he did the exact same walk．That time people would come up to him, chatting or smiling and making eye contact．We hope we"d see this with people with dementia too．"
There is one more advantage of using the pets as companions．Since conversation can be increasingly confusing for people with dementia, dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionship．Ms．Gray said, "We have found that people may forget familiar faces but not pets．People light up when they see animals．There is a speechless bond between the dog and its owner．w
小题1:What"s the common symptom of dementia?| A．Going hungry． | B．Feeling lonely． | | C．Forgetting things． | D．Waking up at night． |
小题2:According to Ms．Gray, after feeding the pet, the owner may ______．| A．do some washing | B．take his medicine | | C．have something to eat | D．go out to walk the dog |
小题3:For people with dementia, pets can ______．| A．give them wordless help | | B．contribute to their recovery | | C．help them to recognize people"s faces | | D．ensure them to gain support from other people |
小题4:What"s the best title for the passage?| A．Guide Dogs for the Mind | | B．Pets, Faithful Companions | | C．Mental Support for the Disabled | | D．Dementia, a Curable Disease |
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Interactive Home-security Systems
Tarik Celebi, who lives in San Francisco suburb, takes his home-security system with him to work, to dinner, just about anywhere．By his cell phone, he "arms" his home-security alarm from his car before he leaves for work．During his workday, he gets e-mail alerts every time his front door opens, even though he"s miles away．If the door opens at an unusual time -say midday when no one should be coming or going - he can order a 30-second video clip（片段） from the camera that watches the door．If it"s just his mother-in-law getting a package delivery, no worries．
Celebi is one of the first users of the latest interactive home-security systems．In addition to sounding alarms when the house is broken into and notifying homeowners or police, as traditional systems do, the interactive systems give users new ways to remotely control their systems and their home environment．Different from traditional home-security alarms, which homeowners typically have to press buttons on a keypad to turn on before they leave their homes, the interactive systems enable consumers to arm and disarm systems from smart phones, iPads and PCs, no matter where they are．
Most traditional systems are set up to sound an alarm if doors or windows are opened． The interactive systems give homeowners more options．For example, users can elect when they want to be notified．They might want an e-mail or a text every time a door is opened, or only during the hours of 3 to 4 p．m．, when kids come home from school．Like Celebi, they can add cameras and get video clips when doors open．That could be helpful in making sure kids aren"t bringing friends home when they"re not supposed to．
Nationwide, about 20% of homes have．traditional home-security systems．About half stop using them because they tire of the trouble．Being able to arm systems even while dashing to the subway or while at work will increase their usage of the new interactive systems．Although the new functions add costs to home security, the interactive-systems are believed to push home-security systems" usage rates closer to 30%, which would be a big movement for an industry that"s been largely stuck at 20% for the past decade．"We all know it"s going to get bigger, though we don"t know how long it"s going to take," Eric Taylor, an officer from San Francisco Security Department says．
小题1:What may Celebi first do if his front door opens at a wrong time when he is away?| A．Inform the police． | B．Call his mother-in-law． | | C．Arm the security alarm． | D．Observe through video． |
小题2:The interactive systems enable the user to ______．| A．improve his home environment remotely | | B．lock his house"s door while he is miles away | | C．operate the home-security systems at any place | | D．sound the alarm and inform the police at the same time |
小题3:What"s the advantage of the interactive systems over the traditional ones?| A．They are cheaper． | | B．They are easier to set up． | | C．They can give quicker reaction． | | D．They have more ways to inform the users． |
小题4:What is the last paragraph mainly about?| A．The importance of security industry． | | B．The functions of the interactive alarms． | | C．The popularity of home-security systems． | | D．The market potential of the interactive systems． |
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阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案，使短文句意通顺，符合逻辑，并把答案填在在答题卡内。
Once there were two men, who lived in the same hospital room. One man’s bed was next to the room"s only window. _____ , the other man, since his illness was more _____, had to spend all his time in bed. When the man in the bed by the window could _____ up, he would tell his roommate all the things he could see _____ the window. He said the window ______ a park with a lovely _____. Ducks played on the _____ while children sailed their model boats. Old trees grew and beautiful flowers were in bloom. What a fine _____! The man in the other bed would be _____ by the beautiful colors of the world outside.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse found the man by the window had _____ peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body _____. As everything was done, the other man asked if he could be _____ next to the window. The nurse said OK and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him _____ .
Slowly and painfully, he tried to take his __ ___ look at the world outside. He thought he would be _____ to see it by himself. But to his surprise, he saw nothing but a white _____. The man asked the nurse ____his roommate _____ to him and said there were wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told him his roommate was blind and could not even _____ the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to _____ you. He only hoped you could live in a colorful world and got better quickly. "
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| 小题2: | | A．common | B．serious | C．occasional | D．light |
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| 小题3: | | A．stand | B．sit | C．jump | D．wake |
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| 小题4: | | A．across | B．outside | C．behind | D．above |
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| 小题5: | | A．built | B．stood | C．faced | D．placed |
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| 小题6: | | A．lake | B．hill | C．house | D．tower |
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| 小题7: | | A．sand | B．grass | C．water | D．tree |
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| 小题8: | | A．look | B．sight | C．form | D．view |
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| 小题9: | | A．impressed | B．moved | C．reminded | D．disappointed |
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| 小题10: | | A．missed | B．come | C．died | D．passed |
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| 小题12: | | A．lifted | B．forced | C．brought | D．moved |
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| 小题13: | | A．alike | B．alone | C．aloud | D．alive |
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| 小题14: | | A．single | B．last | C．first | D．only |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleased | B．sad | C．crazy | D．excited |
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| 小题16: | | A．picture | B．wall | C．river | D．window |
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| 小题19: | | A．hear | B．touch | C．see | D．describe |
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| 小题20: | | A．surprise | B．control | C．encourage | D．advice |
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