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　Passage 1

　　阅读理解一

　　One day a tailor in a city in the U.S.was busy mending an old coat,repairing some holes and a placeswheresit was torn,when he suddenly heard a low,threatening sound at his open door.He looked up and could hardly believe what he saw.He had heard there were bears coming right into the city looking for food,but it didn't seem possible that the brown beast at his door was real.He was terrible frightened.He had no gun in the shop.His only weapon was the pair of scissors he used for cutting cloth.At that moment a car came down the street.The driver saw the bear and was so surprised that he drove his car off the road and onto the sidewalk.Luckily,the bear was just as frightened by the car as the tailor was by the bear.The bear moved quickly on down the street to look for food elsewhere.The tailor telephoned the police,and the bear was caught before it could harm anyone.

　　注释

　　1. tear vt.扯,撕,撕破,戳破,拉掉,折磨,使分裂,撕掉

　　2. threaten vt.威胁;恐吓,胁迫

　　3. weapon n.武器,兵器

　　4. scissors n.剪刀根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　( )1According to the passage,the story took place_____ .

　　A. at the hairdresser's

　　B. at the shoemaker's

　　C. at the barber's

　　D. at the tailor's

　　( )2A low threatening sound was suddenly heard at the time _____.

　　A. the man was talking with his friends

　　B. the man was sleeping

　　C. the man was doing some mending

　　D. the man was eating

　　( )3The man was greatly frightened because _____.

　　A. there was something wrong with his gun

　　B. he did not know how to use a gun

　　C. he was afraid to fire a gun

　　D. there was no gun at all in the shop

　　( )4The passage says _____.

　　A. that bears were heard coming right into the city looking for food

　　B. that no one heard bears coming into the city looking for food

　　C. that the tailor often saw bears coming to him

　　D. that sometimes bears came into the city looking for food at night

　　( )5When a car came down the street, _____.

　　A. the bear got frightened and fled

　　B. the bear was killed by the driver

　　C. the bear ran down the street to look for food elsewhere

　　D. the bear was caught by the tailor

Passage 2

阅读理解二

　　In many countries today,laws protect wildlife.In India,the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.

　　About 300 BC an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today.The game of killing beasts was carefully supervised.Some animals were fully protected.Within the forest,nobody was allowed to cut timber (wood for building),burn wood for charcoal,or catch animals for their furs.Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were caught or killed outside the park so that other animals would not become uneasy.

　　The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before.About a thousand species of animals are in danger of extinction,and the rate at which they are being destroyed has increased.With mammals,for example,the rate of extinction was about one species every fifty years from AD 1 to 1800,but now it is about one species every year.Everywhere,men are trying to solve the problem of protecting wildlife caring for the rapid growth of the world's population.

　　注释

　　1. describe vt.记述,叙述,描写,形容

　　2. supervise vt.监督；管理；负责

　　3. charcoal n.炭,木炭

　　4. species n.种,类;(物)种,人种

　　5. extinction n.消失,消灭,废止；(物)消光

　　6. mammal n.哺乳动物

　　根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　( )1In forests of ancient India_____.

　　A. people were permitted to hunt for fun

　　B. only a few kinds of animals could be killed

　　C. the game of killing beasts was strictly limited

　　D. no killing of beasts was allowed

　　( )2Dangerous animals were caught or killed outside the park so as to_____.

　　A. keep human visitors safe

　　B. free the rest of the animals from worry or fear

　　C. supply other animals with more food

　　D. control the number of wild animals

　　( )3The underlined word "extinction" probably means_____.

　　A. being hungry

　　B. being killed

　　C. growing slowly

　　D. dying out

　　( )4The example of man's connection with wildlife protection can date back to_____.

　　A. the third century

　　B. more that 2000 years ago

　　C. AD 1 to 1800

　　D. over 300 years ago

Passage 3

　　完形填空

　　We all know Thomas Edison.He was a great American ___1__.But he spent __2___ time at school.Later he was made __3___ the school and he had to __5___ himself at home and learned a lot.When Edison grew up,he had a small lab 5.He worked hard and hardly __6___ to have a rest.

　　One day one of his friends brought him a young man in his lab.He ___7__ the young man to Edison.He said that the young man had studied in a wellknown university in __8___ and had a lot of __9___ of physics and maths.Edison was glad to use a man __10___ him and __11___ him as a helper.A few days later the young man heard Edison's ___12__.He began to look down upon him.Edison __13___ about it,but he said nothing.

　　Once the young man entered the lab while Edison ___14__ an important experiment.He stood __15___ the table but he ___16__ help him.Edison stopped __17___ out a bottle and said,"Go to calculate its volume and tell me the ___18__ in two hours."

　　At first the young man thought it __19___ to do.But __20___ he found it difficult.Two hours later,Edison camesintoshis office and saw __21___ paper and books on his desk.Of course,he could not tell him the volume".

　　"___22__ pour some water into the bottle?" said Edison."Then you'll __23___ calculate the volume.

　　On hearing this,the young man's face turned __24___.And he knew Edison was ___25__ cleverer than him!

　　注释

　　1. employ...as把…用作

　　2. look down upon蔑视,瞧不起

　　3. calculate vt.计算

　　4. volume n.体积

　　5. pour vt.& vi.(常与down,out,over连用)流；倾泻

　　通读短文选出一个最佳答案

　　( )1A. writer B. inventor C. lawyer D. doctor

　　( )2A. few B. much C. little D. many

　　( )3A. leave B. to leave C. leaving D. and left

　　( )4A. teach B. study C. play with D. enjoy

　　( )5A. he was B. which is his C. of his D. of his own

　　( )6A. forgot B. remembered C. liked D. hoped

　　( )7A. showed B. pushed C. introduced D. spoke

　　( )8A. German B. Germans C. Germany D. Germen

　　( )9A. knowledge B. news C. books D. dictionaries

　　( )10A. such as B. as C. like D. to

　　( )11A. made B. asked C. wanted D. employed

　　( )12A. past B. present C. success D. pass

　　( )13A. told B. was told C. said D. was said

　　( )14A. did B. had C. was doing D. was having

　　( )15A. nearby B. next to C. nearly D. close by

　　( )16A. did B. could C. didn't D. couldn't

　　( )17A. to bring B. bring C. brought D. bringing

　　( )18A. way B. result C. idea D. opinion

　　( )19A. hard B. easy C. hardly D. easily

　　( )20A. fast B. late C. soon D. sooner

　　( )21A. lots of B. a great many C. a mumber of D. a plenty of

　　( )22A. Why don't B. Why not C. What about D. You'd bettr

　　( )23A. slowly B. carefully C. easily D. quietly

　　( )24A. white B. black C. red D. blue

　　( )25A. far B. more C. very D. much too

　Passage 4

　　判断正误

　　Marlar found that the young birds raised in isolation could only make some simple sound.He learned that a young bird has to hear other old birdssong during the period before it is seven weeks old.Then there is a long time until the next spring before the birds begins to sing.And when it does start,it needs to practise before it finally gets the song right.

　　Further studies have proved that young birds do need musical education indeed.After several of the young birds raised in isolation were put together for about ten months,they learned from one another and finally could sing.The song they sang,however,was quite different from the wild birds.On the other hand,the young birds caught after their time were spent listening to the wild birdssong,knew how to sing.

　　注释

　　1. isolation n.隔离

　　2. prove vt.(连用)证明

　　3. education n.教育；教导

　　4. on the other hand另一方面

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　( )1Marlar found the truth that birds were born without the ability to learn how to sing.

　　( )2When the young birds were raised in isolation,they couldn't get the chance of listening to other birdssong.

　　( )3The young bird begins to sing as well as other birds only when it is seven weeks old.

　　( )4When the young birds who hadn't heard the old birdssong were put together for about ten months,they could sing as well as the wild birds.

　　参考答案

　　Passage 1

　　1. D故事发在裁缝店，此题需要看完全文后才能回答。

　　2. C文章第一句已说明答案。

　　3. D"He had no gun in the shop."这句话已经告诉了我们答案。

　　4. A从"looking for food"可知，棕熊是由于饥饿才到城里寻找食物的。

　　5. A棕熊是由于受到小汽车的惊吓而逃跑。

　　Passage 21. C从"The game of killing beasts was carefully supervised."一句可知，猎杀野生动物是受到严格禁止的。

　　2. B第二段最后一句已经说明答案。

　　3. D"extinction"的意思生词表中已有解释。

　　4. B在公元前300年，一位印度作家已经详细记载了当时如何保护野生动物的情况。date back to意为"追溯到"。

　　Passage 3

　　1. Binventor意为"发明家"。

　　2. C从下文得知Edison没上过很长时间的学，故选C。

　　3. B在made后作宾补的动词不定式不带to，但made为被动时，后必须加to。

　　4. Ateach oneself意为"自学"。

　　5. Dof ones own意为"某人自己的"，语气较"ones own+n."为重。

　　6. Bremembered符合题意。

　　7. Cintroduce sb. to sb.意为"向某人介绍某人"。

　　8. C此题需阅读下文才能回答。

　　9. A赞扬这个年青人有丰富的知识。

　　10. Cas作介词用意为"作为"。如："as a teacher"或"regard sb. as..."。介词like意为"象……一样"。

　　11. Demploy sb. as是固定词组，意为"让某人当……"。其他词后无法跟as。

　　12. Apast是名词表示Edison以前的情况。

　　13. Btell sb. about sth.意为"告诉某人某事"，这里是说有人告诉Edison这个年青人瞧不起他。

　　14. C年青人进入实验室这个动作，发生在Edison做实验当中，所以应用过去进行时态。

　　15. Bnearby可作定语修饰名词，放在名词前后均可，但是table前有定冠词时不行。根据题意，B最合适。

　　16. C此题只能选择否定形式，从题意来看，年青人是不愿帮助，故不能用couldnt。

　　17. Astop to do sth.意为"停下手中活去干另外一件事",而stop doing sth.意为"停止正在干的事"。

　　18. BEdison让年青人计算瓶子的容积，然后告诉他结果。

　　19. B读完全文知道，年青人最后没有完成计算任务，但刚开始却认为是件容易做的事。

　　20. C从事情发展顺序来说，soon符合题意。

　　21. Apaper在这里是不数名词，而lots of既可修饰可数名词也可修饰不可数名词。

　　22. Bwhy not是请求某人做某事的句型，后跟动词原形。

　　23. C如果照Edison说的做，可以猜出是挺容易的一件事。

　　24. Cturn red意为"脸变红"。

　　25. A四个选项中，只有第一项可以修饰比较级。

　　Passage 4

　　1. FMarlar发现小鸟生来就具有向别的鸟类学习鸣叫的能力。

　　2. T在与其他鸟类隔离状态下饲养的小鸟仅仅会发出简单的声音，因为它们无法向别的鸟类学习鸣叫。

　　3. F幼鸟应该是在七周大小之前就开始学习鸣叫。

　　4. T隔离状态下饲养的小鸟如果被放在一起十个月的时间，它们就会互相学习鸣叫，而且最后它们也会鸣叫地很好听，但叫声和野生鸟会有差别。

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