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　　The law is a great many of rules, showing when and how far a man is likely to be punished, or to be made to hand over money or properly to his neighbors . and so forth . These rules are contained (包含) in books . A lawyer learns them mainly by reading books .

　　He begins by doing little else than read, and after he has prepared himself by, say, three years' study to practise, still, all his lifelong and almost every day, he will be looking into books to read a little more than he already knows about some new question which he has to answer.

　　The power to use books , then is a talent (天资) which the would - be (将要成为的) lawyer ought to have. He ought to be very flexible (灵活的) and fine to make it easy for him to collect ideas from printed words , He ought to be ready in finding what a book contains , and something of an instinct (本能) for where to look for what he wants .

　　But although this is the power of which he will first feel the need, it is not the most important. A lawyer does not study law to recite; he studies it to use it and act upon the rules which he has learned in real life. His business is to try cases in court and to advise men what to do in order to keep out or get out of trouble. He studies his books in order to advise and to try his cases in the right way.

(1) The first thing a law student has to do is to ________ .

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(2) After three years of reading, ________ .

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A．he can study law

B．he can stop reading

C．he still has to continue reading

D．he is able to give intelligent answers

(3) According to this passage, a would - be lawyer ought to have the ability to ________ .

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A．make best use of books

B．read every book carefully

C．read any books without difficulty

D．look for books everywhere

(4) The main business of a lawyer is to ________ .

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A．discuss the material he has read

B．advise people who have legal (法律上的) problems

C．learn about real life

D．study the law

(5) A good lawyer should know how to ________ .

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A．analyse and explain what he reads

B．be flexible in all things

C．collect ideas

D．be powerful

阅读理解

　　You know you have to read“between the lines”to get the most out of anything . I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading . I want to persuade you to“write between the lines.”Unless you do , you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading.

　　I insist, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of damage but of love.

　　

　　There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of buying is only the first step to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. A comparison may make the point clear. You buy a piece of beef and transfer it from the butcher' s icebox to your own . But you do not own the beef in the most important sense until you eat it and get it into your blood. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your blood to do you any good .

　　

　　There are three kinds of book owners . The first has all the standard sets and bestsellers - unread , untouched . The second has a great many books ——a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought . The third has a few books or many every one of them worn, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scrabbled (涂写) in from front to back.

　　

　　Why is marking up a book necessary to reading it? First, it keeps you awake. (And I don' t mean only conscious; I mean wide awake. ) In the second place, reading, if it is active, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought - through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had , or the thoughts the author expressed.

　　

(1) The third kind of owners of hooks must he ________ .

　　

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A．experienced readers	B．untidy readers
C．active readers	D．careless readers

(2)Marking up a book means ________ .

　　

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A．writing down difficult sentences

　　

B．finding the extra meanings of unknown words

　　

C．writing in the space the ideas you get through careful reading

　　

D．making notes to show you understand what you have read

　　

(3)What does the author persuade you to mark?

　　

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A．Whatever you have given deep thought to while reading.

　　

B．Words and sentences that bring up rich ideas .

　　

C．Primary questions that challenge you .

　　

D．Whatever disagreements you may have with the book.

　　

(4)A great advantage of marking up a book is ________ .

　　

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A．to absorb all the brilliant ideas it contains

B．to make yourself a part of it , making further inquiry (查询) easy

C．to make yourself conscious that you are reading actively

D．to enable yourself to pick up the book for continual reading

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　Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth．　　 It might be sixty miles wide．　　 It would be used to catch the rays(光线) of the sun．　　 It would direct the sun's rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror．

　Why do they want to do this? The sun's rays could be helpful in many ways．　　 They could light up cities by night．　　 The warm rays could stop frosts(霜冻) which might come at night and hurt fruit crops．　　 They could melt(融化) dangerous icebergs in the ocean．　　 Perhaps they could change cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed．

(1) The huge mirror would ______．　　　

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A．stand 60 miles in height(高度)

B．be 60 miles from side to side

C．cover 60 miles of the earth

D．be 60 miles above the earth

(2) The mirror would be used to ______．　　　

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A．reflect(反射) sunlight

B．absorb(吸收) sunlight

C．see what the earth looks like

D．see how clouds move

(3) The strong light from the mirror could possibly ______．　　　

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A．hurt fruit crops

B．set fire to cities

C．bring longer daytime

D．shine through walls

(4)  The huge mirror is ______．　　　

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A．something in a story

B．already made

C．just an idea

D．to be made soon

阅读理解：

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　Dr Ungar trained rats to prefer lighted boxes ．He shocked any rat who went into a dark area．After five to eight days the rats learned that a more peaceful life could be lived in lighted boxes．Then he killed the rats．He injected (注射) parts of their trained brains into 638 mice who had shown they liked the dark．He put parts of the brains of untrained rats into 132 other mice．These mice also liked the dark．

Animals that got the trained brains spent an average(平均)of 63 seconds in the dark and those that got the untrained brains averaged 118 seconds．

(1) From the passage , we know that the rats _______ ．

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A．like the dark

　　

B．like the light

　　

C．are hard to be trained

　　

D．are easy to be kept

　　

(2) How did Dr Ungar make his rats love the light?

　　

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A．Through injection ．

B．By killing them．

C．By shocking．

D．By training．

(3)What happened to the rats that got the trained brains?

　　

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A．They spent more time in the dark．

B．They spent less time in the dark．

C．They didn't stay in the dark any longer．

D．They acted in their usual way．

(4) Dr Ungar injected parts of the rats' trained brains to 638 mice to see ________ ．

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A．how long they could live

　　

B．where they would stay

　　

C．what they would look like

　　

D．if he could change their action physically

　　

(5) The passage doesn't tell us ________ ．

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A．whether Dr Ungar's experiment was successful or not

B．which animals stayed longer in the dark

C．how long Dr Ungar had done his experiment

D．when the rats realized where their good places were

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案．

　There was a time when the owner of shops and business in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to the gangsters (歹徒) in return for“ protection ”．If the money was not paid on time, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop ．Obtaining “protection money ”is not modern crime(罪)．As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman , Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that the Italians would rather pay large sums of money than have their life and work destroyed by a band of his men when he settled there with his soldiers．

(1) Why did the owners of shops and business in Chicago have to pay the gangsters?　　

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A．They were well protected by the gangsters．

B．The protection would cost large sums of money．

C．They needed protection ,especially from the gangsters'．

D．They were afraid that their business was damaged．

(2) From the passage, we can infer that Sir John Hawkwood had been ________ ．　

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A．a gangster 　　　　　　　B．a business man

　　

C．an owner of the shop 　　　D．a soldier

　　

(3) According to the passage, we know that obtaining "protection money" had happened in ________ ．

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A．Italy 　　　　　　　　　 B．America

C．Either Italy or America　　　D．Italy and America

　　

(4) What do you think of the gangsters?

　　

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A．They were good , for they protected the owners．

B．They were bad ,for they got ill-gotten wealth(不义之财)．

C．They were rich, for they obtained "protection money．"

D．They were poor ,for they earned money by hardworking．

(5) Do you think the gangsters could protect the owners of the shops?

　　

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A．Yes,they were ready to help others．

B．Yes ,if anyone was willing to pay them．

C．No, but the owners had to pay them ．

D．No,but the owners needed their help．

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    Lillian Carter, the former President's mother, once set up an　　 interview with a reporter without benefit from the press office.

　　

    "Your son, " the reporter said, "has been travelling the country,　　 telling people not to vote (投票) for him if he ever lies to them.　　 Can you, knowing a son as only a mother can, honestly say he's never　　 lied?"

    "Well, perhaps a little white lie now and then, " Jimmy Carter's　　 mother replied.

　　

    "And what," asked the reporter, "is the difference between a white　　 lie and any other? Define (下定义) white lie for me."

　　

    "I'm not sure I can define it," she said sweetly, "but I can give　　 you an example. Do you remember when you came in a few minutes ago and　　 I told you how good you looked and how glad I was to see you ?"　　

(1)   We know the interview must have taken place __________.

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A. shortly after the general election　　 　　

B. when Carter was elected President of the U.S.　　 　　

C. before the general election　　    

D. when Carter had just told a lie 

(2) Jimmy Carter traveled the country in order to ________.

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A. know the country better 　　

B. find out what the public was thinking 　　

C. win over votes for the coming general election    

D. tell people that he never lied 

(3)  The reporter believed ____________.

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A. the mother surely knew about her son's lies 　　

B. if the mother was dishonest, her son would tell lies 　　

C. no one but the mother knew the son 　　

D. the mother knew her son best 

(4) From the story we can see that Carter's mother was __________.

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A. stupid　　B. honest　　C. clever　　D. dishonest 

(5)  Perhaps you can define a white lie now. It's a lie __________.

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A. which is worthy of attention 　　

B. told for particular reasons, such as for politeness 　　

C. that no one will ever believe 　　

D. which means little harm and therefore is unimportant.

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    Fish hear sounds, though they have simply no ears outside their　　 bodies. However, fish do have ears inside their bodies near the brain,　　 and they hear very well with them. Some fish have been taught to　　 recognize the difference between sounds better than some human beings　　 do.

    Many underwater animals make noises only by chance while they are　　 doing something else. Other sounds are real communications of a simple　　 sort, telling one fish of the presence and direction of another. A few　　 noises may be warning messages or discovery of food, etc. The earliest　　 scientific report on fish sounds referred to one of these.

　　

    A new field in science is learning to recognize and use underwater　　 sounds. It relies on the same skill that man has shown in recognizing　　 birds and other land creatures by their calls. But this method is a　　 greater challenge than bird watching, for many of the animals of the　　 sea cannot be followed in any other known way. Their voices cry for　　 attention. Yet we still have too little knowledge about many of the　　 call makers. Perhaps the meaning of the calls and what the call makers　　 are will some day be made known more carefully. It is as though the　　 great oceans were for daring man to invade (涌人) them and to learn　　 the secrets of the place from which his forefathers came so long ago.　　

(1)  After reading the passage, we can conclude that_____.［　　］ 

 A. many fish often make meaningless noises　　 　　

 B. sound cannot pass through some fish bodies　　    

 C. sound waves can easily be felt by fish bodies　　    

 D. some fish can easily understand some land creatures' call 

(2)  Which of the following is true of the noises made by underwater　　 animals?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］　　 　　

 A. Some are meaningless.

　　 
 B. None of them is meaningless.　　 　　

 C. They are all actual communications.　　 　　

 D. They cannot be heard by human beings. 

(3) Recognizing underwater animals____________.    ［　　］　　   

  A. is totally different from recognizing land creatures by their calls    

  B. is more difficult than recognizing land creatures by their calls　　   

  C. will change people's knowledge of fish　　 　　

  D. is more or less a battle 

(4)  One of the earliest scientific reports on fish sounds was about 　　 　　___________.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］　　    

   A. noises made occasionally by underwater animals 

   B. some sort of communication between fish　　   

   C. the difference between sounds 

   D. what sort of fish the call makers was

 (5)  From the last sentence, we can learn that __________.   ［　　］　　    

 A. the human beings have invaded the oceans for long 

 B. more secrets of the great oceans are to be found out 

 C. only very brave people can make use of the great ocean　　   

 D. people are fighting each other to become the master of the great　　 　　   oceans

阅读理解训练

　　Mrs. Matthews lived in a small town where there was one jeweller's shop. It also took in watch repairs, although it had to send them off to London for the work to be done, as there was not enough business to keep an expert watch repairer occupied.

　　When Mrs. Matthews's old father died, she inherited his gold watch, which had belonged to his father and grandfather before him. It was big and heavy and worth a lot of money, but it was broken, so Mrs. Matthews took it to be repaired.

　　The man in the jeweller's shop was very interested to see such an unusual watch, and when he had examined its insides, he said he could certainly have it repaired for her. “It'll last a long time once that's been done.”he said. He wrote out a ticket and gave it to Mrs. Matthews saying. “Please bring this when you come to pick up the watch. But it might take a bit of time, because it isn't a modem watch.”

　　But Mrs. Matthews had a lot of things to think about after her father died. She had to arrange to deal with the various affairs after her father's death.

　　The result was that she completely forgot about the watch that she had taken in for repair, and about the ticket for it, which she had put away in a drawer to keep it safe.

　　Then, while she was looking through some old drawers one day, she found the ticket for the watch repair.

　　She thought back, suddenly she remembered.“My father's gold watch! Didn't I pick it up? When did I take it in?”She looked at the ticket.

　　“How old's this ticket?” she said to herself. It was five years old.

　　Mrs. Matthews had heard that shops could sell things that people had left with them if they didn't pick them up and pay for them before a certain time. “But the watch might still be there,”she thought.“I'll go and see if I can get it back. It might have been sold, but I hope not.”

　　She took the ticket to the jeweller's and the shopkeeper looked at it and then went to look for the watch without saying a word.

　　“That's good,”Mrs. Matthews thought.“He didn't seem to mind about the date.”

　　The man came back after a few minutes and said,“It won't be ready until Friday.”

　　

(1) Who was the watch repairer according to the text?

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A．Mrs. Matthews

B．One jeweller's shop

C．The hired expert watch repairer

D．Some watch repairer in London

(2) In the sentence“She inherited his gold watch”, the underlined word “inherited”is closest in meaning to “________”

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(3)In the shop owner's opinion, if the watch has been repaired, what will happen to it?

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A．It can keep its time for long

B．It is an old watch that can't go fast

C．It can last five years

D．The passage doesn't tell us

(4) Five years later, ________.

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A．the gold watch was sold

B．Mrs Matthews decided to find the ticket in the drawer

C．the jeweller couldn't see the date on the ticket clearly

D．the gold watch was not yet repaired

(5) Which title would best fit in with the present passage?

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A．Mrs. Matthews' Death Affairs

B．Such“Fast Work”

C．The Story of Mrs. Matthews

D．The History of the Gold Watch

阅读理解

　　Carlos Al Mabal was born in Manila in 1950, and at the ago of two weeks he was taken by his father, a musician, to the United States by sea. He spent his first ten years in the American south-land where he attended school. Between the ages of 10 and 18, he travelled in the south and Western Atlantic areas, lived in Florida and graduated from his school in 1968. Early in his life he had great interest in musical instruments, and in 1965, he learned to play the piano and quickly became an expert on it. Since his graduation from Florida State University in 1973, he has been a famous pianist. He is not married, saying that his music should come first.

(1) Carlos Al Mabal was born in ________.

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(2) When Carlos was still a ________, he was taken by ship to America by his father.

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(3) He probably began to like musical instruments ________.

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A．when he spent his childhood in the American south-land

B．when he was 15 years old

C．shortly after he was taken to the United States

D．since he graduated from his school

(4) According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Carlos's parents had only stayed in Asia for a period of time.

B．Carlos began to receive his school education in his early teens.

C．At the age of 15 , Carlos learned to play the piano and soon proved to be a quick learner.

D．Like his father, Carlos wants to devote himself to music.

(5) Which of the following shows correctly the growth of Carlos?

A．Carlos finished school in Florida.

B．Carlos spent his fist 10 years in the American south - land.

C．Carlos succeeded in making his mark as a pianist.

D．Carlos was taken to America from Manila.

E．Carlos graduated from Florida State University.

F．Carlos learned to play the piano.

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阅读理解

　　American Space Agency officials say the new space shuttle (航天飞机) Columbia will be nearly for its next flight in only sixty days. The Columbia landed on Saturday in California after a successful five-day flight. Space officials said preparations for the next flight must be done quickly because of the two-month delay before the shuttle's first flight Engine problems caused the delay of the space flight. But officials say Columbia worked very well during last week's flight.

(1) This passage is ________.

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A．a short story.

B．a piece of news.

C．a report made by the American officials

D．an article about space science

(2) ________ caused the delay of the Columbia's s first flight.

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A．The bad weather

B．Some officials

C．The Space Agency had changed the plan

D．That something was wrong with the shuttle.

(3) Which of the following statements is not true?

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A．The Columbia's first flight was not successful

B．If all goes as planned, the Columbia will fly in two months.

C．The Columbia stayed in space for five days.

D．One of the bases of American Space Agency is in California.

(4) The Columbia must have been launched (发射) ________.

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(5) An“engine”must be ________.

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A．a person who is in charge of the flight

B．a kind of machine that gives power or makes things move

C．a place where the shuttle lands

D．something that is carried by the Shuttle