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1.根据以下资料,回答62-65题。 If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season.You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year.A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men's work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat.This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year.It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking.One reason may be that in the spring man's mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter.As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!62 Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have __.
单选题A. a great effect on everyone's intelligence~||~same effect on most persons' intelligence~||~some effect on a few persons' intelligence~||~no effect on most persons' intelligence
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The Saturday Evening Post"became symbolic of the reading fare of middle-class America".In 1897 Curtis began to revive(重振)The Post on the proposition that a man's chiefinterest in life is the fight for livelihood-business,Fiction and articles about romantic business and successful businessmen filled its pages.and products backed by its advertisements directed at the needs and desires of the business world.The general interest weekly reached new audiences.Its conservative viewpoint and strong admiration for material success appealed to the tastes of the millions who settled in an easy chair with it each Thursday evening.As a more commercial,mass-circulation magazine than The New Yorker,the widely readable post set out to interpret America to itself.
As a national and international institution,The Saturday Evening Post made its markin the lives of massive numbers of men and women,and served society as a stabilizing influence,Its editorial matter addressed the problems and interests of the readers as neverbefore.Neither highbrow nor lowbrow,The Post set out to interpret average middle-classAmerica,for that was its audience,However,this magazine lost touch with the mood of the American people in the 1930s.The Post's editor Lorimer,opposed Roosevelt and the New Deal and changed his magazine from an organ of entertainment and enlightenment into a weapon of political warfare.He believed that in opposing the New Deal he had spoken forthe majority of voters,but the 1936 election proved him wrong.His conservatism extendedbeyond politics,it dominated the magazine's content and style causing a decline in reputation and authority.The Post met 'its greatest success when it went beyond the tastes of the masses,challenging its readers to acknowledge the genius of contributors such as F.ScottFitzgerald and William Faulkner.It was later reformed in an effort to fulfill its responsibility to awaken lethargic(昏昏欲睡的)America,however,The Saturday Evening Postseemed to play to conventions while The New Yorker took off to redefine the character of American Humor.1. According to Paragraph 1, who are primarily the readers of The Post?()
单选题A. A. Businessmen.~||~ College students.~||~ Housewives.~||~ Politicians.
3.Passage FourUsing 1ess energy around the home is easier than you might think,saving you money while creating a heathier,more comfortable living space for you and your family. Changing a few old habits can make an impact on your energy bill, your comfort and the environment. Here are some handy tips to make your house more energy-efficient.Lower the heatIf your home has adjustable central heating,lowering the room temperature even slightly can make a difference. You may not feel it,but your wallet will. It is even more advisable to control temperatures at different times of the day.Hang clothes out to dryIf the weather allows it,head outside and dry your laundry on a clothesline. The sunlight will help eliminate bacteria and dust. While clothes dryers get the job done faster,they also use up energy.By hanging your clothes out you’ll be cutting greenhouse gases by about three kilograms per load.Take advantage of natural lightInstalling large windows on the northern side of your house can help you make use of sunlight’s natural warmth. To stay cool indoors on hot summer days,install blinds(百叶窗) to block the heavy sun.Put your desk near the window,then you don’t need a lamp in the daytime.Wrap(裹)your pipesBe sure your hot—water pipes are properly wrapped.In an average home,heating wateraccounts for more than one—quarter of the energy bill.Why let warmth go to waste before it reaches you?Choose the right size for appliances(家用电器)When the time comes to replace appliances,select those that are both energy—efficient and of the appropriate size for your needs.Don’t buy bigger ones just because you can.What can be installed on the northern side of your house to make better use of natural light?
单选题A. Blinds.~||~Curtains.~||~Windows~||~Shades.
4.You can’t expect her __________on time if you are late yourself.
单选题A. have been~||~ being~||~ be~||~ to be
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根据以下资料,回答46-60题。
Number sense is not the ability to count.It is the ability to recognize a46in number.Human beings are born with this ability.47, Experiments show that many animas are, too.For example, many birds have good number sense.If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not48.However, if you remove two, the bird49leaves.This means that the bird knows the50between two and three.
Another interesting experiment showed a bird’s51number sense.A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦) that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming.The bird did not52until the man left the tower.The man had an53.He took another man with him to the tower.One man left and the other stayed, but they did not54the bird.The crow stayed away until the second man left, too.The experiment was55with three men and then with four men.But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were56.It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were57able to fool the crow.
How good is a human’s number sense? It’s not very good.For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a58group.But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are59fooled.
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human60is not much better than a crow’s.50A.distance,B.range,C.difference,D.interval
单选题A. A~||~B~||~C~||~D
6.Some people are___(friendly)to birds.They throw stones to them.
填空题7.Passage One Win a week in England!You still don’t know what to do this summer? Well, here’s your chance to win a one-week languagecourse in Kent, England! Free4Fun and ETC (English Travel Connections) are giving away two tripsto Rochester. This history city is less than an hour’s drive from London and close to the sea resortof Herne Bay. It is also the home of one of England’s most famous writers, Charles Dickens. Thetown of Rochester is in Southeast England. Charles Dickens often wrote about it in his books. Hishome, Gad’s Hill, is there, too. A popular attraction is Rochester Castle, a large Norman fortress. Itwas built in the 11th century and rebuilt during the 14th century. Other attractions are RochesterCathedral, which was built during the 13th century, and Dickens Centre. It has got its name in honorof Dickens himself.The trip to England includes:travel by train (via the Euro tunnel) to and from any railway station in Germany room and full board with a guest family for one week language course in small groups two trips to London large choice of sports and entertainmentGerman-speaking advisors available 24 hours a dayInterested? All you have to do is to answer the following question:When was Charles Dickens born?So, take the chance and send your answer by 1 May to:Free4Fun”Rochester”Free4Fun,24 Elphinstone Road, Hastings,2FQ6VJfax: 089/85 763-103e-mail:free4fun@netlight.comThe two winners will be contacted directly before 5 May. They will also be announced in the June issue of Free4Fun Good luck!For further information contact:phone: (03212)144 43fax: (03212)144 42e-mail:info@etc.comThe persons who know ____ of Charles Dickens are likely to win the free trip.
单选题A. the birth date~||~the home town~||~the major works~||~the writing style
8.II. Vocabulary and Structure ( 15 points)Today is Jenny's wedding day. She__________to Thomas.
单选题A. just has got married ~||~has just married~||~was just married~||~has just got married
9.___she was very tired,she went on working.
单选题A. as~||~Although~||~Even~||~in spite of
10.Which is___LiLei's box or Han Meimei's box?
单选题A. heavy~||~heavier~||~more heavier~||~the heaviest
11.-You've never seen dinosaur eggs,have you?--___How I wish to visit the Dinosaur World.
单选题A. Yes,I have~||~No,I haven't~||~Certainly,I have~||~Ofcourse,I haven't
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Last Friday,after doing all the family shopping in the town.I wanted to have a restbefore catching the train.I1 a newspaper and some chocolate and2into the station coffee shop.It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to3at.I put myheavy bag down on the floor,4the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and thenwent to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee.there was someone5in the next seat.6
was a boy,with dark glasses and old clothes,and7bright red at the front.He had
started to cat my chocolate!Naturally,I was rather uneasy about him.but I didn't want to have any8.I justread the newspaper,tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate.The boy looked at me in9.Then he took a10piece of my chocolate.I could hardly believe it.Still I didn'tsay anything to him.When he took a third piece,I felt more angry than uneasy.Ithought,"Well,I shall have the last piece,"And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look,then11up.As he left,he shouted out.
"There's something.12with that woman!”Everyone looked at me,13I didn't
Want to quarrel with the boy,so I kept quiet.I did not realize that I had14a mistakeuntil I finished my coffee and was ready to15.My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper.The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!6.单选
单选题A. A.He~||~It~||~
Who~||~What
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Farley worked for the Canadian government.One day, he was1 to learn moreabout wolves.Do wolves kill lots of caribou(北美弱鹿)?Do they kill people?
They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns.Then they put him on a plane andtook him to 2.The plane put him down and went away,There were no houses or people in this place.But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.
People tell terrible stories about wolves.They say wolves like to kill and eat people
Farley remembered these stories,and he was3 ,He had his gun with him4
Then one day,he saw a group of wolves.There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves.A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.
Farley watched these wolves every day.The mother was a very5 mother.Shegave milk to her babies,She gave them lessons about life.They learned how to6 food.The father wolf got food for the mother.The young wolf7 the children.Theywere a nice,happy family-wolf family!Farley did not need his8 any more.Inashort time,he got on well with the family.Farley watched them for five months.Helearned that many stories about the wolves were9 .Wolves do not eat people,and theydo not eat many large animals.And he also learned bad things about men.It was men whokilled many caribou and wolves.
Later,Farley wrote a book about wolves.He wanted people to10 them and notto kill them.9.
单选题A. A.not good~||~not true~||~not easy~||~not clear
14.His marked changes in personality were ______by a series of unfortunate events in his life.
单选题A. brought to~||~brought out~||~broughtab out~||~brought up
15.17. The president is to give a formal __ at the opening ceremony.
单选题A. speech ~||~debate~||~discussion~||~ argument
16.Passage FiveClaude-Oscar Monet ( 1840 -- 1926 ) was a French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist group of painters. Born in Paris, Monet spent his childhood in Le Havre. There he met a local artist, Eugene Boudin. Who encouraged him to become a landscape painter. In 1859, Monet went to Paris to study at the Academie Suisse. Between 1860 and 1862, Monet served in the army in Algeria ( 阿尔及利亚 ). He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artists of the era. In 1870, Monet married Camille Doncieux. To escape the Franco-Prnssian war,they moved to London Back to France, they settled at Argenteuil, a boating centre on the Seine (塞纳河 ) which drew many other Impressionist painters. Working from nature was a particular symbol of the Impressionist movement, and one that Monet valued, reflecting in his paintings the ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions. In 1872,he visited Le Havre where he painted "An Impression,Sunrise". When exhibited in 1874, part of its title was used by a critic to label the whole movement "Impressionism". Monet's wife died in 1879,and he set up home with Alice Hoschede, the wife of one of his most important sponsors. During the 1880s, Monet traveled through France painting a variety of landscapes. He gradually became better known and for the last 30 years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists. From 1890 he began to paint a series (系列 ) of pictures of one subject, including "Haystacks" "Rouen Cathedral" and "Waterlilies". The latter were painted in the fine garden Monet created at his house at Giverny, where he lived from 1883 on. He painted them over and over again,most significantly in a series especially for a museum in Paris.Monet was introduced to art
单选题A. by an artist in his childhood~||~by his father in Le Havre~||~during his short stay in Algeria~||~during his visit to Paris
17.选出下面读音不同的选项()。
单选题A. subway~||~replay~||~survey~||~turkey
18.Walk another block and cross the traffic lights,you will see the museumright________the left.
单选题A. by~||~in~||~on~||~for
19.Passage TwoCoconut(椰子)is an unusual food for many reasons.It is one of the largest edible seeds produced by any plant.Its unusual contents also make it unique in the seed world—it consists of both “meat“ and “water” inside.The coconut meat is the white substance with which we are all familiar,as it is used extensively for cooking and flavorings;the coconut water is a white and sweet liquid.Portuguese(葡萄牙的)explorers gave the nut its name in the l5th century, referring to it as coco,meaning “ghost” in their language.The outside appearance of coconuts reminded them of a ghost’s face,and the tree has had that name ever since.The coconut has varied uses.It is used to make various cooking oils for fast food restaurants around the world to make diet materials.The coconut fluid is a favorite drink in hot climates,providing a cool and refreshing beverage right off the tree.This water is also used by manufacturers of various sports drinks.Even the shell itself has many uses,including animal food and fertilizer.And all these are only some of the uses found for the coconut fruit.The coconut tree, which produces the nut,also produces many useful things.It’s no wonder that the coconut tree has been taken as “the tree of life”.What is the passage mainly about?
单选题A. The history of coconut.~||~Uses of coconut.~||~The discovery of coconut.~||~Types of coconut seeds
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I entered St.Thomas's Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent fiveyears there.I was an unsatisfactory student,for my heart was not in it.I had always wanted to be a writer,and in the evenings,after my tea.iwrote andread.Before long,1wrote a novel,called Liza of Lambeth,which I sent to apublisher and was accepted,Itappeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success.I felt I couldafford to give up medicine and make writing my profession:so,three days after I graduatedfrom the school of medicine,1 set out for Spain to write another book.Looking back now.and knowing the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing,I realize I was taking afearful risk.
The next ten years were very hard,and I earned an average of t100 a year.Then Ihad a bit of luck.The manager of the Court Theatre put on a play that failed.The nextplay he arranged to put on was not ready,and he was at his wit's end.He read a play ofmine and,though he did not much like it.he thought it might just run for the six weekstill the play he had in mind could be produced.It ran for fifteen months.Within a shortwhile,I had four plays running in London at the same time.Nothing of the kind had everhappened before.I was the talk of the town.5.The manager of the Court Theatre agreed to put on the author's play because()
单选题A. A.he thought the author was a good playwright~||~he liked the author's plays very much~||~he failed to arrange a new play in time~||~he heard that the author had studied medicine before
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