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文章1：开头是：Bill cooper is portfolio manager of the 13billion value thust funds . for nine years running through his fathers explanation one can make money through buying stockshard work only indicated that one was ready to start his career文章2：开头是：my mother reised me as best as the could poor badly whichare not regular or fixed the three years of military service the anthor was surprised that he was accepted as a firefight文章3：开头：robert was born in a small town in England his father is a rich farmer there were a lot of thiever in the city he was afraid to lose his wallet he hoped to make fun of the thieves the thief make fun of Robert文章4：开头 I have two jobs growing up and they all help share my life how to talk and behave properly working in different occupationschallenging joining a baseball game never be faraid of taking risks 文章5：开头 Paper was invented by the Chinese in the first century ad in china in 1500 one tre faster houses文章6：开头 the entertainment profession ,or shou businessgeting the best tailor yonger singes are catching up they make him rich and famous can be very annoying keep smiling 文章7：开头may you wish upon a thousand stars? husband and wife her motorhome they learn a lot more than ordinary school kids global positioning syatem their life is rich and they stay closer to each other文章8：开头dear folks :I ve been here fou about three weeks looks very different form what she expected it is the cheapest to keep up in a different learning bnvironment less confident in making lanzhou 文章9：开头a funny thing happened on the way to the communication. unhappy both A and B more disconnecet all of the above it actually creates a distand between 文章10：开头 Cynthia woolly is calld the Michael Jordan of women the best professional woman baskbetball well the team leader of a basketball team at a disadvantage she doesnt want the yonger providing them eith a better文章11 开头： I was 15 when I walked into . he happended to walk into the shop and got in by chance it helped him understand the world and himself proud of himselfperauding his boss to let him do the story on tv it helps people make sense of the worle 文章12：开头 we are all in rush . feel time is pressing at the same time about time is doubtful aboutcan we save timesaving文章13开头： PALO ALTO ，California children will get father if they spend more time watching tv is more than fours a day three hours childrend usually eat more while watching tvboth A and B文章14开头： Lillian hanson , a college student .she hadnt got enough money to further her education at college that she is 73 years old they were deeply moved by her spirit cares for study very much 文章15开头 the greatest recent social changers have been in the lives of woman .at about tewenty-five many children died before they were fivewas unlikely to find a job evwen if the wanted one marry before they are twenty-five today more married women leave文章16开头：Once the king of India fell ill and sent for his doctor.drinking bulls milk hated Gulbo very much He was upset. Because she wanted the king to notice her.understood the girls meaning文章17开头：People all over the world today are beginning to.the release of artificial or natural substances into the environmentall sides concerned would make more effortsboth a litter problem and a waster of resourcesEatingbits of waste things文章18开头：Thousands of years ago,how life began on a volcano-produced islandits own rockbaresoil, plants and animalsInsects could not live on the island without plants.文章19开头：In the last 500 years, nothing about peopleFoodsome shopsthe potato harvest was badEthiopiacoffee drinks were first made by Arabs文章20开头：Crime Prevention InitiativesAT HOMEhow to avoid the crimes both at home and in the streetnever leave the keys to workmen since they can easily make copiesgo to public placesBecause its convenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary.we cannot part with the money when being attacked文章21开头：An Extraordinary Change of Direction Molly Wilson had beenvery unusual and surprisingdissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at homepart of the route of sailnot smooth because of huge wavesthe qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer文章22开头：There have been changes in all sorts of different areasThe increasing divorce rate in the UK.the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UKsoarThe highest divorce rate was around 1969.the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now文章23开头：Some people think they have an answer to the troublesare the solution to some city problemssome bike ridersspecial parts of the road for bicycle riders onlyIn New York City, many people use bikes as they have special lanes.Solution to Traffic Problem in New York文章24开头：Benjamin Disraeli,a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversitymany young people are immigrants from different backgrounds40%young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified culturesthe cultural diversity in London文章25开头：When I was a little girl.C B A B D文章26开头："Listen, that's not right." .D D B C A文章27开头：I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life. B D A C C文章28开头：Every day, the news of the world is relayed D D D B B文章29开头：Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. B A A A C文章30开头：People travel a lot with Heaven Air because B D C C D文章31开头：John Preston lives in a flat in north London. A C B C D文章32开头：We often use gestures to express 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C文章33开头：Who will stage the games? (1. D 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. D)文章34开头：We walked in so quietly that the nurse (1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. D)文章35开头：Did you know there are some very special dogs all of the above people the charity buy newspaper from the shopneighbour文章36开头：10th August, 2004Dear Sirs, (1. D 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A)文章37开头：When companies need newLarger,well-known companiesA person looking for a job should only apply to companies that advertise in newspapersA resume and a cover letterThe company might write back and tell you that there is no position available at that timeFalse文章38开头：A 15-year old boy,shops22 boxestwicewhen the boy began swearing(骂人)the absence of the boys father文章39开头：East London has traditionallyhss always been a home for immigrantsjobsmainly in East londonused to be a cheap place to live init has good文章40开头：Today in the west, probably1980s and 1990sall of the threeIt means“almost”young people have to have more skills to get good jobsIt tell you that computer文章41开头：Children in the UKfive for 11 yearsall of abovefive yearsover 20%Both A and B文章42开头：Everybody knowns that wordsways for communicationEither with words or without wordsA cry for helpyou can leave you car there H阅读理解IOnce the king of India fell ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, examined him and said, “You will be well again in a few days if you take bulls milk.” The king was very surprised, for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it possible?” he asked. “Order Gulbo, the scholar, to get it for you. He can do anything.” The doctor was an enemy to Gulbo, and thought this would be a way of making him suffer. When the king told Gulbo what the doctor had said and ordered him to get bulls milk, Gulbo immediately understood what the doctor was trying to do. When he got home he sat thinking how to get out of the difficulties. His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the matter. On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Dont worry, father, Ill help you.” The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place below the kings bedroom window. In the middle of the night, when everyone was in bed, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and set a guard to find out what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the king. “Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” asked the king. The girl pretended to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean clothes for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”“What!” cried the king, “Are you trying to make a fool of me?Who ever heard of a man having a baby?”“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get bulls milkfor him, why cant a man have a baby?”The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbos daughter. Goand tell your father that he may keep the bulls milk for hisbaby.”1. According to the doctor in the story, the kings illness can be cured by _. B. drinking bulls milk 2. The doctor told the king to ask Gulbo to find bulls milk because he _. B. hated Gulbo very much3. How did Gulbo feel after getting the kings order? A. He was upset. 4. Why did Gulbos daughter wash clothes below the kings bedroom window at night? D. Because she wanted the king to notice her.5. From the dialogue between the king and the girl, we know that after hearing the girls story, the king _.D.understood the girls meaning阅读理解II欢迎吴继铭登陆People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollutionis caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks areincreasingly sold in bottles or tins which cant be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excessuse and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is _A .the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only C. all sides concerned would make more efforts3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause B. both a4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution? B. Eating.5. What does the underlined word “litter” mean in paragraph 2? C. bits of waste things 阅读理解IIIThousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hotliquid piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea. As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break to pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being. Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldnt stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.1. The passage centers on _. D. how life began on a volcano-produced island2.According to the passage, the island got its first soil from_ C. its own rock 3.The word “naked” (in para. 3) could be replaced by which of the following? D. bare 4.The order of coming into being on the island is _. A. soil, plants and animals5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE ? C. Insects could not live on the island without plants. 阅读理解IVIn the last 500 years, nothing about people not their clothes, ideas, or languages has changed as much as whatthey eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanishintroduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the“Potato Famine”of 1845-6, and thousands more were forced to emigrate to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the Worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a goatherd name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with.1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A. Food 2. “Some” in “Some still exist today” means _. C. some shops3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because D. the potato harvest was bad4.Coffee originally came from_C. Ethiopia5.The Arabic legend is used to prove that _D.coffee drinks were first made by Arabs阅读理解VCrime Prevention Initiatives The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low. But you can avoid risk in the following ways.AT HOME· You should make sure your house or flat is secure.Always lock the door from the inside at night, but you mustkeep the key nearby, so that you can use it to get out quicklyif there is a fire.· You must never give keys to workmen as they caneasily make copies.· If you wake up and hear a burglar, stay quietly inbed. Pretend you are asleep. If you feel more confident,