阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容, 选择最佳选项. "How are you " is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the U. S. A. greet each other. But "How are you " is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you " hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you " isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying "Hello"or "Hi". Sometimes, people also don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree ", the other person might think, "No, I disagree. I think you're wrong. . . "But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I'm not sure. " It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone. People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now. " Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: "Someone's at the door. " "Something is burning on the stove. " The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person. Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don't say exactly what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the game of language.

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阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容, 选择最佳选项.　　 Is it time to get MP3 Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they're in the MP3 format(格式). What is it MP3 compressed(压缩) music into small computer files. You may download MP3 music several ways: Music can be downloaded from websites that have turned wide music libraries into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC's hard drive, you can play it through your computer's speakers. "Burn" it onto blank CDs or swap(交换) MP3 files with friends using e- mail. How much Software needed to play and turn MP3 music is often free. Compact portable MP3 players start at around \$ 40 and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar. Advantages(优点) MP3 turns your home PC into a jukebox(自动唱机). Small MP3 players are the size of a deck of card, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you. Disadvantages You may find that some websites only allow you to listen but you can't download music. Others let you download music but can't be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer.

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阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案. Three rich ladies met every day by the river. They sat there and talked the whole day. Once the three ladies quarreled. One of them said "Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!" Another one said, "My hands are more beautiful. "The third one said, "Mine are the most beautiful ones. " An old beggar woman came up to them. "Beautiful ladies," she said, "I'm old and can't work, I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat. " But the three ladies gave her nothing. They only asked, "Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands " A peasant(农民) woman was also sitting by the river. She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work. The old woman came up to her and said, "I'm hungry. Please give me something to eat. " The peasant woman took out her only cake she had and gave her a half. The old woman ate it and drank some water. Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said, "Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful. The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food; they are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything. "

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阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案. This year, Sichuan schools decide to start morning classes an hour later. This will help students feel less tired. And most junior high schools will begin the first class at about 8: 30 a. m. The students are happy about the change. Liu Ming told us that his class were excited by the news on the first day of school. "Great! From now on we students at Chengdu No. 4 Middle School don't have to get up so early!" Liu said that he used to get up at 6: 40 a. m. Now he can get up at 7: 40 a. m. Because class doesn't start until 8: 40 a. m. Wu Hongli feels the same. She said the new timetable(时间表) was good for her health. "I used to get up at 6: 30 a. m. I had to drink coffee every night, or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,"said Wu. "Now I can finish it without coffee. Because I can sleep a little longer. " Many teachers say the change will help students learn better. "Students used to doze(瞌睡) for the first two classes in the morning,"said Huang Shan, an English teacher at Chengdu No. 12 Middle School. "But now they are active in class and learn much better than before. " But some parents are worried that more sleep will mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four. In fact, every coin has two sides. So does the change in the school timetable.

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阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容, 选择最佳选项. On a Friday night in New York, a poor young man called Jay stood near the subway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people slowed down and put some money into his hat. The next day, Jay came again. He took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began playing. It seemed more pleasant to listen to. Before long, many people came, looking at the paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat. Please come to claim(认领) it soon. " Seeing this, people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the young man and said, "I'm the George. I knew you'd surely come here!" Then George explained the whole story. He bought a lottery ticket a few days ago. Yesterday he found that he won a prize of \$ 500,000. He was very excited. On his way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $ 100 and put it in the hat. However, the lottery ticket with his name on was also thrown in. Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris. He had booked the flight and would fly that morning. However, when he happened to find the ticket holder had won the lottery, he cancelled(取消) the flight and came back to the subway station. Later someone asked Jay, "Why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself " He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever. "

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阅读理解: 阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容, 选择最佳选项. THE SCHOOL NEWS　　　　　　　　　　 June 8th, 2006School Trip Students in Junior One had a great time on the school trip on Children's Day. They went to Blue Water Aquarium by bus. The teachers were happy because the students cleaned the buses after the trip.American Visitors Sixteen visitors from America arrived at our school on June 3rd, Saturday. And they have visited a few places of interest in Beijing.Football World Here’s good news for football fans! The FIFA World Cup 2006 will be held in Germany from June 9th to July 9th. Many football matches on TV are waiting for you.School Concert There’ll be a concert in our school on June 30th. Some students will show their talents by singing, dancing and playing the piano at the music hall.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today. He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor(演员) when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer's daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592. At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown. At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired(退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. To: Aggie@yahoo.com　　From: Joe@heinfo.netSubject: Help!　　 Date: 21/06/2005　　 10: 02AMDear Aunt Aggie, I'm having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school. The other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren't very nice. Unluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded(无意间转发)the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won't talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well. She's said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done. I feel bad, because I never would have said those things to Rena's face, but how do I get her to forgive(谅解)me What should I do　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 JoeTo: Joe@heinfo.net　　 From: Aggie@yahoo.comSubject: Some advice　　 Date: 22/06/2005　　 10: 45 AMDear Joe, This problem is more common than you might think! Email is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don't know where your message might end up! First of all, you should says sorry right away to Rena. Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn't mean to hurt her feelings. It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that's up to her. Then you might want to do something nice for her. Perhaps send her some flowers to show that you're truly sorry. Also, you should remember that old saying: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. " And good luck!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Aggie

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. We live in the computer age. People use computers to do much of their work. But few people know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer: (1)Keep your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat(热) is bad for computers. Damp(潮湿) is also bad for them. (2)Do not let people smoke near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer. (3)Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard are also bad for a computer. (4)Keep your screen clean and so not have it too bright. They are bad for your eyes. Make sure the screen is not too far from or too near to your eyes. Some people use different glasses to protect their eyes when they use a computer.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Nearly all our food comes from the soil. Some of us eat meat, of course, but animals live on plants. If there were no plants, we would have no animals and no meat. So the soil is very necessary for life. The top of the ground is usually covered with grass or other plants. There may be dead leaves and dead plants on the grass. The waste matter(粪) from animals also falls on it. All soil needs food. If we do not give it any, the plants will be weak. Farmers found that animals' waste is the best food for the soil, but chemical fertilizers(化肥) are also very useful. The same crop(庄稼) should not be grown in the same place every year. It's better to have a different crop. A change in crops and the use of a good fertilizer will keep the land good.

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