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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    “This one’s for you,” Sergeant (警官) Barstow shouted and left quickly through the back door. I was a little puzzled. I looked out a window of the Ashfordly Police Station and saw an elderly woman come into the building.
    “Good morning, Madam,” I said.
    “Good morning,” she said pleasantly. “You’re new, aren’t you?”
    “Yes, Madam.”
    “It’s about that man who’s been annoying me,” she said. “I’ve been here about him before.”
    “Could I have your name and address, please?”  
    “Miss Fraser. Josephine Fraser. I live at 43 Prince Terrace. Now, can you please do something about Jackson?”
    “What’s he done, Miss Fraser?”
    “Done? He’s thrown garbage all over my stairs again. He must be stopped.”
    “Where does he live?”
    “Next door, Number 41,” she said.  
    “I’ll go and see later and warn him off, Miss Fraser.”
    “I would be most grateful.” With that she left.
    Half an hour later, I reached Prince Terrace. NO. 41 was in a bad state of repair. I knocked. No reply. I entered. The place was deserted. I wondered if the Jackson was a tramp (流浪者). Anyway, it seemed he had left, possibly because of Miss Fraser’s threatening police action. I decided to visit her.
    I knocked on her door and it was opened almost immediately. “Ah!” she said gladly. “You’re just in time for coffee.” I followed her inside. Miss Fraser told me more about her battle with Jackson. But when I asked specific questions, it clearly showed that she had never seen Jackson. Finally, I managed to leave.
    Sergeant Barstow smiled kindly as I returned. “Nick, did you kick(踢出) Jackson out of that house?”
    “Jackson!” I cried. “Who is he?”
    “There is no Jackson,” he said. “Miss Fraser is lonely and she likes company. We always let the new young men deal with Miss Fraser. It gives her deep satisfaction. That’s what we are here for, isn’t it — to satisfy the public?”

    1. 1.

      Why did Sergeant Barstow leave quickly when Miss Fraser came?

      1. A.
        Because he wanted to let Nick deal with her alone
      2. B.
        Because he had to go and catch Jackson at once
      3. C.
        Because he was tired of the elderly woman
      4. D.
        Because he knew she would tell a lie
    2. 2.

      Miss Fraser told Nick that _____

      1. A.
        her neighbor had often caused her trouble
      2. B.
        it was her first visit to the police station
      3. C.
        she was looking for Sergeant Barstow
      4. D.
        someone had broken into her house
    3. 3.

      Miss Fraser made up the story of Jackson because _____

      1. A.
        she liked to play jokes on the policemen
      2. B.
        she wanted to have someone to talk with
      3. C.
        she loved to show others her nice coffee
      4. D.
        she hated Jackson very much

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Counterfeit ( 假的) medicines are a widespread problem in developing countries. Like other counterfeits, they look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing.
    People do not get the medicine they need. And in some cases counterfeits cause death. Twenty children in Bangladesh died last year after being given acetaminophen(醋氨酚). The medications contained ingredients that looked, smelled and tasted like the real thing. The medicine was produced by a local drug company that used a dangerous substitute to save money.
    The problem of counterfeit medicines is especially serious in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The W.H.O. estimates that up to thirty percent of medicines on sale in many of those countries are counterfeit. The problem is less widespread among industrialized countries. The W.H.O. says counterfeits make up less than one percent of the illegal drug market in countries like the United States, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand.
    But the agency also says as much as fifty percent of the medicine sold on the Internet is counterfeit.
    Much is being done to fight counterfeit drugs. Several companies are developing ways to make counterfeits easier to identify. And there are existing methods, like a machine that can quickly identify chemicals in pills to confirm if the pills are real. Other ideas include things like special tracking codes for drug packages. People could send a text message with the code and get a message back, which proves that what they bought is listed in a database. Some drug makers and other companies put three-dimensional images called holograms (全息图)on their products as a security device

    1. 1.

      Last year twenty children in Bangladesh died because of _____

      1. A.
        online medicines
      2. B.
        unreal drugs
      3. C.
        acetaminophen
      4. D.
        unclean water
    2. 2.

      We can draw a conclusion from the passage that______

      1. A.
        it is very cheap and convenient to buy medicines online
      2. B.
        medicine companies don’t pay much attention to counterfeit drugs
      3. C.
        more and more people will buy products online
      4. D.
        we had better not buy medicines online
    3. 3.

      What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

      1. A.
        It reveals the reasons why counterfeit drugs are widespread
      2. B.
        Some measures are being taken to fight counterfeit drugs
      3. C.
        Special tracking codes for drug packages are used to identify counterfeits
      4. D.
        It shows the danger of counterfeit drugs
    4. 4.

      Which of the following country may have serious problems of counterfeit medicines?

      1. A.
        Canada
      2. B.
        Japan
      3. C.
        New Zealand
      4. D.
        India

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    A deadly strain of avian flu may have passed between people for the first time, experts believe.The avian influenza A (H7N9) virus is thought to have been transmitted between father and daughter in eastern China, according to research published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
    The findings provide the strongest evidence yet of H7N9 transmission between humans since its discover in February, but its ability to transmit itself was deemed "limited and non-sustainable" by the Chinese researchers behind the study.At the end of June 133 cases had been reported, including 43 deaths. Most infections have been among people visiting markets, selling live birds or among those who had contact with live poultry（家禽） in the seven to 10 days before becoming ill.
    The latest study examined the case of a 60-year-old father who regularly visited a live poultry market and became ill five to six days after his last visit in March. He was admitted to hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Despite intensive care treatment he died of multiple organ failure on 4 May. His 32-year-old daughter, who was previously healthy, looked after him at his bedside before he was admitted to intensive care. She had no known exposure to live poultry before falling ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever. The daughter developed symptoms six days after her last contact with her father and was admitted to hospital where she died of multiple organ failure on 24 April.
    Follow-up investigations(调查) uncovered almost genetically identical virus strains from each patient, suggesting transmission from father to daughter. Another 43 people were also tested who had had close contact with the father, daughter or both.
    Dr Peter Horby, senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, said of the study: "The most likely source of infection for the daughter was her father, during the period that she cared for him while he was ill. "He said “limited person to person transmission had been reported for other strains like H5N1 , H7N7, and the pig origin flu virus H3N2. Those strains had been around for more than a decade but have not progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus.” “Limited human-to-human transmission of H7N9 virus is therefore not surprising, but strengthening to monitor it was still needed,” Dr Horby added

    1. 1.

      What’s the main idea of the passage ?

      1. A.
        The findings about H7N9 transmission only between father and daughter
      2. B.
        H7N9 transmission may be spreading between people
      3. C.
        133 cases of H7N9 transmission have been reported
      4. D.
        Both the father and daughter died of multiple organ failure
    2. 2.

      The reason why the daughter died of multiple organ failure was that _____

      1. A.
        she fell ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever
      2. B.
        she was exposed to live poultry before falling ill
      3. C.
        she had close contact with the father while caring for her sick father
      4. D.
        she sold live birds in five to six days before falling ill
    3. 3.

      Which of the following is Wrong about H7N9 transmission?

      1. A.
        It was limited and non-sustainable
      2. B.
        It was person to person transmission
      3. C.
        It wasn’t progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus
      4. D.
        It happened between father and daughter
    4. 4.

      The underlined word s “was deemed” in paragraph 2 probably means _______

      1. A.
        was decreased
      2. B.
        was regarded as
      3. C.
        was thought of
      4. D.
        was developed
    5. 5.

      What type of writing is the article likely to be ?

      1. A.
        A news report
      2. B.
        Popular science
      3. C.
        A medical report
      4. D.
        A medical findings

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    When I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns（草坪）, and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or struck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month--- or not at all.
    Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no  change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money apart, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when he’d see me from a distance. I figured him for a thin retirement check, maybe a work-relayed injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Sure, I kept track of the total, but I didn’t worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and the little that Mr. Ballou’s property comprised didn’t take long to trim (修剪).
    Then, one late afternoon in mid-July, the hottest time of the year, I was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. The hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light. 
    “ I owe you,” Mr Ballou, “ but…”
    I thought I’d save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “ No problem. Don’t worry about it.”
    “ The bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “ It will be cleared up in a day or two . But in the meantime I thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment.
    He gestured toward the walls and I saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. It was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.
    “ Take your time,” Mr. Ballou encouraged. “Read, borrow, keep. Find something you like. What do you read?”
    “ I don’t know.” And I didn’t. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get from the paperback stack at the drugstore, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, I realized, not without appeal--- so I started to look through the piles of books.
    “ You actually read all of these?”
    “ This isn’t much,” Mr. Ballou said. “ This is nothing, just what I’ve kept, the ones worth looking at a second time.”
    “ Pick for me, then.”
    He raised his eyebrows, cocked his head, and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, searched through a stack, and handed me a dark red hardbound book, fairly thick.
    “ The Last of the Just,” I read. “ By Andre Schwarz-Bart. What’s it about?” “ You tell me,” he said. “ Next week.”
    I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared, and I was plunged into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust, the extraordinary clash of good, represented by one decent man, and evil. Translated from French, the language was elegant, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, read all through the night,
    To this day, thirty years later, I vividly remember the experience. It was my first voluntary encounter with world literature, and I was stunned (震惊) by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words, so the next week. When Mr. Ballou asked, “ Well?” I only replied, “ It was good?”
    “ Keep it, then,” he said. “ Shall I suggest another?”
    I nodded, and was presented with the paperback edition of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa ( a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples--- anthropology (人类学) ).
    To make two long stories short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be, not a light-hearted, instantly forgettable escape in a hammock (吊床) ( though I have since enjoyed many of those, too). A book, if it arrives before you at the right moment, in the proper season, at an internal in the daily business of things, will change the course of all that follows

    1. 1.

      The author thought that Mr. Ballou was ______________

      1. A.
        rich but mean
      2. B.
        poor but polite
      3. C.
        honest but forgettable
      4. D.
        strong but lazy
    2. 2.

      Before his encounter with Mr. Ballou, the author used to read _____________

      1. A.
        anything and everything
      2. B.
        only what was given to him
      3. C.
        only serious novels
      4. D.
        nothing in the summer
    3. 3.

      The author found the first book Mr. Ballou gave him _____________

      1. A.
        light-heated and enjoyable
      2. B.
        dull but well written
      3. C.
        impossible to put down
      4. D.
        difficult to understand
    4. 4.

      From what he said to the author we can gather that Mr. Ballou _______________

      1. A.
        read all books twice
      2. B.
        did not do much reading
      3. C.
        read more books than he kept
      4. D.
        preferred to read hardbound books
    5. 5.

      The following year the author _______________

      1. A.
        started studying anthropology at college
      2. B.
        continued to cut Mr. Ballou’s lawn
      3. C.
        spent most of his time lazing away in a hammock
      4. D.
        had forgotten what he had read the summer before
    6. 6.

      The author’s main point is that _____________

      1. A.
        summer jobs are really good for young people
      2. B.
        you should insist on being paid before you do a job
      3. C.
        a good book can change the direction of your life
      4. D.
        a book is like a garden carried in the pocket

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    But what is teacher quality? How can one measure it reliably?
    An analysis is issued on a sample of data from a Texas school district. Experts argue convincingly that teacher effectiveness should be measured by students’ gains on standardized tests: Mr. Smith is probably a better teacher than Ms. Brown if his students consistently improve their test scores more than hers do.
    Though this approach is appealing, there are tricky issues. For example, what if Ms. Brown teaches in a school where students score so high there is little room for improvement?
    The authors try to correct for this problem, as well as other sorts of measurement issues, to generate a measurement of teacher effectiveness. The paper is primarily concerned with how this measure is related to other observable characteristics.
    The first finding is that there is a large variation in teacher effectiveness: some teachers consistently have a larger impact on their students’ achievement than others.
    Second, easily observable characteristics like having a master’s degree or a passing score on the teacher certification exam are not correlated关联 with teacher effectiveness.
    Then what does matter? The most important single influence is experience: first-year teachers are much less effective than others. The second year is significantly better, and by the fourth year, most teachers hit their stride.
    It is not entirely clear whether this experience effect is learning by doing (the more you teach, the more effective you become) or survival of the fittest (those who are not good at teaching tend to drop out early.)
    From my reading of the paper, both effects appear important and there is no simple answer. The data do suggest, however, that teacher effectiveness is pretty clear by the end of the second year, so the information to make an informed decision is available at that time.
    The authors also investigate the contentious 有争议的issue of racial matching of students and teachers. Here they find strong evidence that minority teachers tend to be more effective with minority students. Again, it is unclear whether this is because of a role model effect (students respond better to a teacher of their own race) or an empathy effect 移情效应(teachers empathize better with students of their own race) or something else entirely.
    The authors also look at teacher mobility. There is some evidence that teachers who quit teaching or switch schools tend to be below average in effectiveness. This is consistent with the survival-of-the-fittest model

    1. 1.

      The schoolmaster could decide wisely whether to further employ the teacher by the end of the ______

      1. A.
        the first year
      2. B.
        the second year
      3. C.
        the third year
      4. D.
        the fourth year
    2. 2.

      The phrase “hit their stride” most probably means “______”

      1. A.
        reach their normal level
      2. B.
        become confident
      3. C.
        walk with long steps
      4. D.
        get bored
    3. 3.

      The author of this passage holds the view that ______

      1. A.
        teachers will perform better with time passing
      2. B.
        ineffective teachers should leave earlier rather than later
      3. C.
        teacher’s effectiveness is apparent after a couple of years
      4. D.
        a master’s degree will improve teacher’s effectiveness
    4. 4.

      Why do black teachers tend to be more effective with black students?

      1. A.
        Students fell secure, so they respond better
      2. B.
        Teachers sympathize with students of their own race
      3. C.
        There are entirely some other identified reasons
      4. D.
        The reasons are far from clear and definite
    5. 5.

      Which of the following may serve as the best title?

      1. A.
        The Quality of Teaching
      2. B.
        Impact of Teacher Quality on Student Learning
      3. C.
        Different Sorts of Measurement Issues
      4. D.
        Survival-of-the-fittest Model vs. Learning-by-doing Model

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
    People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors(拥有者). The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
    Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend(冒犯) many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels

    1. 1.

      People who are unhappy________

      1. A.
        always consider things differently from others
      2. B.
        usually are affected by the results of certain things
      3. C.
        always discover the unpleasant side of certain things
      4. D.
        usually misunderstand what others think or say
    2. 2.

      The underlined phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means________

      1. A.
        make others unhappy
      2. B.
        have a good taste with social life
      3. C.
        tend to scold others openly
      4. D.
        enjoy the pleasure of life
    3. 3.

      We can conclude (推断) from the second paragraph that________

      1. A.
        we should pity all such unhappy people
      2. B.
        people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness
      3. C.
        such unhappy people are dangerous to social life
      4. D.
        unhappy people can not understand happy persons
    4. 4.

      In this passage, the writer mainly________

      1. A.
        describes two types of people
      2. B.
        suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habit of unhappiness
      3. C.
        laughs at the unhappy people
      4. D.
        tells people how to be happy in life

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Eating foods high in trans-fats(fats present in artificial form in industrially-produced cakes and fast food...) and saturated (饱和的) fats increases the risk of depression, according to a Spanish study, confirming previous studies that linked “junk food” with the disease. Researchers also showed that some products, such as olive oil, can fight against the risk of mental illness.
    Authors of the wide-reaching study, from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas, followed and analyzed the diet and lifestyle of over l2,000 volunteers over six years. When the study began, none of the participants had been diagnosed with depression; by the end, 657 of them were new sufferers.
    “Participants with an increased consumption of trans-fats presented up to a 48 percent increase in the risk of depression when they were compared to participants who did not consume these fats,” the head study author said. “The more trans-fats were consumed, the greater harmful effect they produced in the volunteers.”
    The research team found, at the same time, that after assessing the effect of polyunsaturated fats made up of larger amounts of fish and vegetable oils and olive oil, these products are associated with a lower risk of suffering depression.
    The report, published in the online journal PLOS ONE, noted the research was performed on a European population that enjoys a relatively low intake of trans-fats—making up only 0.4 percent of the total energy taken in by the volunteers. “Despite this, we observed an increase in the risk of suffering depression of nearly 50 percent,” said researcher Miguel Martinez. “On this basis we think it of great importance to take this effect into account in countries like the United States, where the percentage of energy derived from these fats is around 2.5 percent.”
    The report pointed out that the current number of depression sufferers in the world is around l50 million people, and has increased in recent years. This rise is attributable, according to the authors, “to great changes in the sources of fats consumed in Western diets, where we have replaced certain types of beneficial fats in nuts, vegetable oils and fish with the saturated and trans-fats found in meats, butter and other products such as mass-produced cakes and fast food.”

    1. 1.

      What's the best title of the text?

      1. A.
        Junk Food and Depression
      2. B.
        Depression Prevention
      3. C.
        Types of Fats and Depression
      4. D.
        Depression Research
    2. 2.

      Which of the following increases the risk of suffering depression?

      1. A.
        Fish
      2. B.
        Vegetable oil
      3. C.
        Olive oil
      4. D.
        Butter
    3. 3.

      The study tells us that         

      1. A.
        2.5% Americans suffer mental illness
      2. B.
        l2,000 volunteers in Navarra took part
      3. C.
        a minority of participants became new sufferers
      4. D.
        l50 million Europeans enjoy a healthier lifestyle
    4. 4.

      The underlined word “derived” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to         

      1. A.
        obtained
      2. B.
        chosen
      3. C.
        separated
      4. D.
        preserved
    5. 5.

      More and more Westerners are suffering depression because         

      1. A.
        they have less time for exercise
      2. B.
        they eat more nuts, vegetable oils and fish
      3. C.
        the sources of fats in their diets have changed
      4. D.
        less meat, butter, and cakes are included in their diets

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Do your children always sit still and watch TV? If so, you should be very alert!
    Nowadays, children watch television for long hours. They often spend evenings watching their favorite programs on TV. Sometimes they might stay up late to watch TV. Their addiction to television results in their not having time to play or do exercise. They should go outside with friends or spend time reading books. Moreover, watching television too much is harmful to their eyesight.
    Researchers claim that attention deficit disorders in children are a result of watching too much television. They say that watching television leads to a developmental disorder in the part of the brain which is responsible for language skills. Children who watch television more and read less have greater difficulty paying attention and concentrating. Children that spend long hours watching television are more likely to be affected by attention deficit disorders.
    Television is one form of media which is used to show all kinds of products. Watching too much television can lead to early exposure to a wide variety of things. Television advertisements may cause children to behave incorrectly or damage themselves. Advertisements about fast food, cold drinks or other such products that are not good for children’s health can have a bad effect on them. Some TV shows and films also affect how children think and behave.
    Studies in psychology have shown that certain programs can have a long-lasting effect on children’s minds. Horror scenes and other frightening shows can have a negative effect on the minds of children watching them.
    Television is a means of recreation but watching it too often is harmful to children’s physical and mental health. You need to help you children deep a balance of everything in life

    1. 1.

      The underlined word “deficit ” in the third paragraph most probably means _____

      1. A.
        need
      2. B.
        habit
      3. C.
        fear
      4. D.
        lack
    2. 2.

      It’s implied in the last paragraph that you should ______

      1. A.
        decide on when children can watch television
      2. B.
        give children more time to play
      3. C.
        help you children balance everyday life
      4. D.
        stop you children from watching TV
    3. 3.

      What is the passage mainly about?

      1. A.
        The bad effects watching TV has on children
      2. B.
        How many hours children should spend watching TV
      3. C.
        How advertisements affect children’s behavior
      4. D.
        What scenes children should not watch on TV
    4. 4.

      Which of the following are the effects of watching too much TV according to the passage?
      a. causing children to have less time to read good books.
      b. making children behave improperly
      c. harming children’s eyesight
      d. affecting the parent-child relationship

      1. A.
        a, b, d
      2. B.
        b, c, d
      3. C.
        a, b, c
      4. D.
        a, c, d

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    The oil resources which are left will not last very long. This means that all vehicles such as cars, trains, buses, planes and ships that need oil to work will not be able to run. So it will be necessary to develop a new system of transport which uses a fuel more than oil. Electric vehicles are one possibility. In Britain, most families have at least one car and this car is used every day. It could be that only one person in the family drives the car to work or for shopping. The number of cars on the road which are almost empty perhaps helps to explain why the oil is used up so quickly. The family car is a very useful form of transport but it is also a great waste of energy, especially if it is compared with buses or trains. Much petrol is used by a car which is traveling at 120 kilometers an hour. Clearly, it would be better if there were fewer cars on the road and more speed limits so that the oil which is left will last as long as possible.
    About 25% of Britain’s total consumption of energy is domestic—it is used only in the home. Just over 20% is used for transport. Most of the energy is used in industry. It is difficult to suggest any possible energy conservation in industry because many of the suggestions would mean that some people would lose their jobs. It is important that industry produces the same amount of products using the same amount of workers.
    Obviously, conservation is not going to be the answer to the energy crisis（危机）. The most it can do is to give more time for a better solution to be found. The more time which is available for new sources of energy to be developed, the better it is because there is still a lot of work to be done in order to find suitable, safe methods of producing energy

    1. 1.

      In Britain, what reason could help to explain why oil is used up very quickly?

      1. A.
        People use cars every day
      2. B.
        Most families have at least one car
      3. C.
        Many cars on the road are almost empty
      4. D.
        Electric vehicles are used
    2. 2.

      Which of the following is true?

      1. A.
        Compared with buses and trains, the family car is useful and can save energy
      2. B.
        A car driving at the speed of 80 kilometers per hour uses half as much petrol as a car traveling at 160 kilometers per hour
      3. C.
        It is possible for people to develop vehicles
      4. D.
        Limitation of the number of cars on the road and their speed will help the oil last longer
    3. 3.

      What does the underlined word “domestic” mean in Paragraph Two?

      1. A.
        For household use
      2. B.
        On the road
      3. C.
        Slow driving
      4. D.
        Fast driving
    4. 4.

      What is a better way to solve the problem of the energy crisis?

      1. A.
        Governments should cut down the number of family cars on the road
      2. B.
        The speed of vehicles must be limited
      3. C.
        New sources of energy should be found and developed
      4. D.
        Factories should cut down on production

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    Dear Mr. Watson,
    CLAIM AL54323432–-STORM DAMAGE TO ROOF
    I received a cheque for $623 dated 26 January in payment of my recent claim(索赔). However, I wish to tell you how upset I have been by the way your Claims Assessor, Mr. Michael Tan, handled this claim.
    When Mr. Tan first called me, he specifically told me that he believed I had been overcharged, and he would expect to pay that price for work on a double garage, rather than a single garage like mine. Mr. Tan suggested that I neither use nor recommend this contractor again. He continued to tell me it was unlikely for me to receive full payment. Never during this conversation did he mention that the reason for not receiving full payment was because of the nature of my insurance policy.
    Consequently, I wrote to Mr. Lance Ashe to complain about his pricing, stating that I was very upset thinking that he could have taken advantage by overcharging a 73-year-old woman. Mr. Ashe telephoned me immediately and explained his charges in detail. He later reported back to me that Mr. Tan explained that I would not receive full payment because of the type of policy I hold, which does not cover wear and tear. This was the first time this issue had been brought to my attention, so you can imagine my surprise.
    When I received Mr. Tan’s letter of 2 February, this situation was explained. If this had been explained in the first place I would have accepted it and would not have questioned Mr. Ashe’s charges. Instead, by telling me initially that I had been overcharged for this work, he caused a great deal of upset, not only for me but also for Mr. Ashe.
    I believed this claim was handled badly by Mr. Tan from the beginning. Therefore, a great deal of embarrassment has been caused over this issue.
    I felt you should know how disappointed and upset I am. I trust you will look into this and ensure that such claims are handled more appropriately in the future.
    Yours sincerely,
    Mrs. Richard

    1. 1.

      The author writes this letter to ______

      1. A.
        inform the manager of a payment
      2. B.
        complain about a mishandled case
      3. C.
        demand an apology from Mr. Watson
      4. D.
        require the manager to fire Mr. Tan
    2. 2.

      The underlined words “the contractor” in Para.2 refer to ______

      1. A.
        Mr. Tan
      2. B.
        Mrs. Richard
      3. C.
        Mr. Ashe
      4. D.
        Mr. Watson
    3. 3.

      The author could not receive full payment because _______

      1. A.
        her policy doesn’t cover some of the items
      2. B.
        the contractor overcharged her for the work
      3. C.
        Mr. Watson doesn’t take the matter seriously
      4. D.
        she spent too much money fixing her garage
    4. 4.

      We can learn from the passage that Mr. Tan works in a/an _______

      1. A.
        welfare organization
      2. B.
        nursing house
      3. C.
        local affairs office
      4. D.
        insurance company

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