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1、阅读理解1Passage 1Foulsham House is a fine, large house of the 1790sIt stands by the River Byer, in twentyfive hectares(公顷)of the best farmland in the southwestThe house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, a

2、t one of the first Foulshams wild woods(野外)partiesMany years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green RoomThe house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms(浴室), two livingrooms, and a diningroom with a real Adam fireplaceIts library has a good

3、view over the park and the riverAll rooms are light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floorsAt the back of the house there is room for four carsThe third Foulsham once kept thereIn many other ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990sIf you wish to know more about Foulsham

4、House, write to：HarveyPlatt, Longford Son6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside1Foulsham House is _Aan old farm houseBa 25house for people to come to listen to its storyCa large house for people to come to listen to its storyDa house with a history of nearly two hundred years2We learn from the reading th

5、at _ASmithson built the house for wild wood partiesBmany important people had been to Foulsham HouseCGeorge and Lady Kitty loved the house and had many parties hereDthe Green Room is a place for many girls to make tea3The sentence Its library has a good view over the park and the river, means _AThe

6、park and the river can be seen clearly from the libraryBThe library has a picture of the park and the river on the wallCThe library was built in the park by the riverDBooks about the park and the river can be read in the library4Which of the following is true?AThe 3rd Foulsham often rode his horses

7、at the back of the houseBThe house has a room for four cars at the back of the houseCThe road behind the house is wide enough for 4 cars to goDThere is some parking behind the house5We can infer(推断) that Harvey _Awants the house to meet the needs of modern lifeBwants people to know the history of th

8、e houseCwants to sell the houseDwants some money to make the house meet todays needsKEY: 1.D 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C Passage 2E-mail is one of the biggest threats (威逼) to your home computer. By understanding how E-mail works, and by taking some steps in how you deal with reading and writing messages, you ca

9、n keep this threat out of your computer. When you exchange E-mail with someone else, the messages sent between you and that person pass through several computers before they reach their places. Imagine this conversation as it is taking place in an Internet “room”, a very, very big room. Anyone, or m

10、ore exactly, any program can probably understand what is being said, because most Internet conversations are not hidden in any way. As a result, others may be listening in, capturing what you send, and using it for their own good. E-mail-borne viruses often arrive in attractive, fantastic appearance

11、s, much like the beautiful ads we receive by way of traditional mail that is made to sell us something. By beautiful appearances, an infected (感染) E-mail message seems to be something we want to read from someone we know, not a mean virus ready to destroy or damage our computers. There are some step

12、s that you can take to help you decide what to do with every E-mail message with an attachment (附件) that you receive. You should only read a message that passes all of these tests:1) The Know Test: Is the E-mail from someone that you know?2) The Received Test: Have you received E-mail from this send

13、er before?3) The Expected Test: Were you waiting for E-mail with an attachment from this sender?4) The Meaning Test: Do the topic line of the E-mail message and the name of the attachment both have meanings? 5) The Virus Test: Is the E-mail infected? 1. Which of the following is the main idea in the

14、 first paragraph? A. We should not exchange our E-mail with someone else. B. It is dangerous to read and write E-mail messages at home. C. We should learn how E-mail works to take care of our computers. D. Our chats on computers are usually going on in a big Internet room. 2. What does the underline

15、d word “capturing” probably mean? A. taking B. hiding C. receiving D. destroying3. As the Internet is open to anyone, we should _. A. not read and write messages in our home computers B. not allow nice advertisements to reach our computers C. stop our conversations while someone is listening in it D

16、. be careful with the attractive E-mails sent by strangers 4. What is the passage mainly talking about? A. The threats of E-mail. B. The safety of home computers.C. The E-mail-borne viruses.D. The steps to receive E-mail messages. KEY: 1.C 2. A 3.D 4.B Passage 3A friend of mine was fond of drawing h

17、orse. He drew the horses very well, but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the

18、 horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other peoples rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇妙的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way

19、. Now the very same thing is true to literature(文学). And the question, How shall I begin? only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有阅历的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced

20、you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail -that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning. 1. A friend of the writers drew the horses _. A. very well B. in the way of western rule C. in the way of his own rul

21、e D. all of the above 2. The writer was surprised because _. A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse C. the artist made his own rule D. the artist did not follow other peoples rule 3. You are not yet experienced because _. A. you dont

22、 know where to begin B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail C. you always asked question D. you do not trust to your own powers 4. When you become more experienced you will _. A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail C. should write the end of the story D. should t

23、hink of the beginning 5. The topic of the passage is _. A. How to draw a horse B. How to write a story C. How to make your own rules D. Trust to your own powers Key: CDDCD Passage 4A traveller（旅行者） came out of the airport（飞机场） There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxidriver his name. Then he to

24、ok the third one. It cost 5 dollars（美元） from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked. “100 dollars, ” said the taxi-driver. This was very dear, but the man said it was OK.The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in th

25、e city. In the evening they went back to the hotel（旅馆）. The traveller gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow? ”The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow? Its another 100 dollars. ” But the man said, “Thats OK! See you tomorrow. ” The taxi-driver was very pleased.

26、The next day the taxi-driver took the traveller everywhere again. They visited（参观）all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said, “Im going home tomorrow. ”The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the travell

27、er and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So youre going home. Where do you come from?” he asked. “I come from New York.” “New York! ” said the taxi-driver, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you! ”

28、1Where did the traveller come from?AEngland BAmerica CCanada DFrance2Why did the traveller take the third taxi? Because _.Athe other taxi-driver asked for more moneyBthe third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted（热心肠的） manChe didnt want to spend his own money on the coming visitDthe other driver didnt lik

29、e him3Usually the cost of the travelling one day may be _.A 100 B 200Cless than 100 Dmore than 200 4Who asked the traveller to give the money for the taxi-driver?AThe travellers sister. BThe traveller himself.CNobody. DThe drivers sister.5The driver was unhappy _ .Awhen he heard the travellers last

30、wordsBwhen the traveller asked every taxi-driver his nameCwhen the traveller asked him for his sisters nameDduring the two-day visitKey: BCCDAPassage 5 Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can hel

31、p people work out many problems they cant do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers, except the old people. Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet many of the ch

32、ildren use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind, so computers are locked by parents in the boxes.In some other countries, even some scientists als

33、o hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!1. Computer is a useful machine because _. A. our country asks everyon

34、e to learn it well B. it can help us a lot C. we can use it to play games D. it can help us work out difficult problems2. Many teachers and parents complain that _.A. their students and children us computers to play gamesB. computers let them lose their jobsC. computers make the students and childre

35、n not study better than beforeD. computers bring people a lot of trouble3. In this passage, we know computers _. A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only C. are hated by people D. are bad for peoples health4. Can computers really help children to study? _. A. Yes, they can B. Its hard to

36、say C. No, they cant D. Of course not5. How do you understand the under-lined sentence of this passage? I think it means _. A. computers are used by people B. people can live well without computersC. one must decide how to use computers D. computers are strange machinesKey: BAABCPassage 6The first M

37、onday in September is Labor Day in the United States. It marks the unofficial end of summer and a traditional signal that school is about to start. But now public schools often begin sometime during August. They have different reasons for starting early. The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona

38、 began classes on August eleventh. Communications Director Chyrl Hill Lander says the earlier start time makes it possible for students to take semester（学期） exams before winter vacation in December. She says the school district also wants to follow a calendar similar to that of the nearby University

39、 of Arizona. Many schools in Virginia still open the day after Labor Day. But the public schools in Montgomery County, in the southwestern part of Virginia, began classes on August twentieth. Human Resources Director Mark Pashier says his county has been opening schools in August for at least the pa

40、st eight years. The main reason, he says, is the tests that schoolchildren in Virginia take every spring. School officials want the students to have the most time to prepare for them - which means starting the year before Labor Day.6.When is the American Labor Day?答案：the first Monday in September7.

41、Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in America?答案：The first Monday in September8. Which of the following statements is the reason why the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes in August?答案：The earlier start time enables students to take semester exams before winte

42、r vacation.9. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?答案：American public schools will start after the American Labor Day.10. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?答案：Labor Day and American Public schoolsPassage 7If you ask most Americans, they wo

43、uld say their favorite season of the year is summer. The weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the d

44、ay and the warm summer nights. People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites. One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwins opera Porgy and Bess. He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern

45、United States. It opens with these words: Summertime and the livin is easy. Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high. Leontyne Price sings the song. The nineteen fifties and sixties produced many songs about teenagers enjoying their summer vacation from school. The songs are about having fun, swimming

46、 in the ocean, driving in cars. However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to work to earn money.11. Why do most Americans like summer?答案：Both A and C.12. Why did people write and record so many songs about summer?答案：They like summer.13. What is NOT true

47、 about Porgy and Bess?答案：Porgy and Bess was written by Leontyne Price.14. Which of the following statements is NOT true? 答案：Many songs are about teenagers having fun in summer.15. Please choose an appropriate title for the passage.答案：Songs about SummerPassage 8Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everythi