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  Crime (罪行) has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2 400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns.

    The pattern (模式) of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high point during July and August, as do rape (强奸案) and other violent (猛烈的) attacks. Murder, besides, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.

    Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary (抢劫) has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p. m. and 2 a. m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The most uncriminal month of all is May except for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.

    Obviously our intellectual (智力的) seasonal cycles are completely different from out criminal tendencies (倾向). Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made careful studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, make the highest scores in examinations, and propose the most changes to patents (专利). In all instances, he found a spring peak (高峰) and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington's studies show that June is the peak month for suicides (自杀) and admissions to mental hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!

    Possibly, high temperatures and high humidity (湿度) bring on our strange and terrifying summer actions, but police officials are not sure. “There is of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder,” they say. “Why murder's high time should come in the summertime we really don't know.”

(1) The main idea of paragraph 1 is ________.

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A．there is a link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns.

B．crime is not linked to the changes in season.

C．2400 towns were studied for five years.

D． the crime patterns have no connections with summer.

(2) The subject of paragraph 2 is ________.

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(3) In Paragraph 3 what is the one strange statistic (数据) of May?

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A．There are more robberies in May.

B．There are more dog bites in May.

C．There is the most crime in May.

D．There are most marriages in May.

(4) In paragraph 4, a graph for our intellectual cycles might look like this:

W = winter Sp = spring Su = summer A = autumn (见P93上图)

(5) The information in paragraph 5 says: ________.

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A．There may be a connection between murder and hot weather.

B．There is surely a connection between murder and hot weather.

C．There is no connection between murder and hot weather.

D．There must be a connection between cold weather and murder.

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  The trees arrived by post, a half-open parcel. They were thin and straight, rather like arrows but with shiny leaves at one end and muddy roots at the other. Terry and his father took them down the garden and planted them in their prepared places. Terry had great hopes of the middle tree, now set in the memorial spot where Herry, his cat, run over, had been laid to rest a year before. The pine trees made an avenue down one side of the garden, where there was already a fifteen-foot stone wall between the garden and the back-yards of the Jenkins Street houses.

    “Why do we want a row of trees as well as a wall?”Terry asked his father.

    His father said,“For privacy. These trees grow very thickly.”

    His father's love of privacy often puzzled Terry, who was not one to keep himself to himself, but he could see part of the point here. The houses in Jenkins Street were on higher ground. His friend Leslie lived in number twelve, and Leslie had only to stand on a box to see right over the wall.

    “Will the trees grow higher than the wall?” Terry asked then.

    “Oh yes, twice as high if not more. It'll take a few years but they'll grow.”

    So they were going to have nine trees thirty feet tall, to keep them from being overlooked. Terry wondered why this was so desirable. He said, “Our garden is very pretty. Why can't we let the people over the wall see it? That wouldn't be showing off, would it?”

    “No, I don't think it would be,” his father said. “Yet some people might feel a bit less happy if they can always see a good thing that isn't theirs. We don't want to be the cause of any jealousy if we can help it.”

    This consideration for other people's feelings must be a grown-up thing, Terry thought. It was not his idea of how to run things. He said, “These trees? It seems a lot of trouble to go just to stop people being jealous of us.”

    His father looked at him. “It isn't much trouble, Terry,” he said. “These trees will grow without help from us. They'll be beautiful. And listen to them. You can already hear them whispering to us in the wind.”

(1) The passage mainly deals with the topic of ________.

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A．protection of environment

B．relationship between neighbours

C．generation gap

D．cause of jealousy

(2) Part of the garden is called a memorial spot because ________.

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A．a cat was buried there

B．Herry had been run over there

C．Terry's own tree was planted there

D．it was in front of Leslie's house

(3) The word “privacy” in the third paragraph most probably means “________”.

[　　]

A．to keep away from thieves

B．to avoid being disturbed

C．to keep the air fresh

D．to avoid being polluted

(4) Terry's father was a man who ________.

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A．was proud of his garden and liked showing it off

B．was very sociable towards his neighbours

C．preferred to keep himself to himself

D．felt jealous of the people in Jenkins street

(5) What did Terry not approve of?

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A．Letting outsiders see the garden.

B．The height of the houses in Jenkins Street.

C．The way Leslie managed to look over the wall.

D．His father's concern for other people's feelings.

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　An American housewife was pushing her shopping basket through a supermarket with one hand．With her other hand she was holding on to her small child．She arrived at the checkout counter (结账柜台) and thought：“Now another 20 minutes”．But her bill (清单) was ready in 20 seconds．

　Twenty seconds? Yes．A new machine is doing the job．It‘reads’a stamp (标记) of black and white lines on each tin (罐头), box or bottle．These little lines give the computer all the information it needs --- the kind of product, the price and the tax．The girl at the counter simply moves the commodities (商品) along in front of the ‘eye’of the machine．And the bill is ready in no time．

　Most people are very pleased with this new idea．The machines—now in 20 supermarkets in the United States—save a lot of time and money．And they don't make as many mistakes as people． Some shoppers, however, are complaining (抱怨) that they can't read the prices of the goods．All they can see are little black and white lines．The prices are on the shelves but they want them on the goods．Many people aren't sure whether the expensive new machines are honest shopkeepers!

(1) According to the passage, before coming to the checkout counter, the American housewife thought she had to stay in the supermarket for ________．

[　　]

A．nearly half an hour

B．some time we're not sure

C．twenty minutes

D．the whole morning

(2) When she arrived at the checkout counter, she thought she would________．

[　　]

A．be home in 20 minutes

B．get her bill in 20 seconds

C．get her bill in 20 seconds

D．have to wait at least 20 minutes

(3) The customers needn't wait long for their bills in the supermarket because ________．

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A．the checkout-counter girls read more quickly

B．the commodities move along more quickly

C．the prices and the taxes are lower

D．a new machine has come into use

(4) Thinking of these new machines, ________．

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A．all the shoppers are very pleased

B．the customers complain about the mistakes made by them

C．people like them because they save both money and time

D．people were worried about the fact that they are too expensive

(5) Some shoppers are unhappy because ________．

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A．the little black and white lines are difficult for them to see

B．the machine can read the prices on the tins but they can't

C．the machines are too expensive

D．the prices on the shelves are worrying them

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　Making friends is a skill, and like most skills, it improves with pracitce．If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action．You must first go where there are people．You won't make friends staying home alone．

　Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier． Or join someone in some activity．

　Many people are nervous when talking to new people．After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown．And it's human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown．

　Most of our fears about dealing with new people comes from doubts about ourselves．We imagine other people are judging us --- finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that．But don't forget that they must be feeling the same way．Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease．You'll both feel more comfortable．

　Try to act self-confident (自信) even if you don't feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly at other people, and smile．

　Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person --- friendships are based on mutual (相互的) liking and “give and take”．They take time and effort (努力) to develop．And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing．

(1) Which is the best topic of the passage?　　　

[　　]

A．Dealing with New People．

B．Making Friends．

C．Facing the Unknown．

D．The Skill of Talking with．

(2) You cannot make friends________．

[　　]

A．if you will take action

B．by going to the people

C．if you avoid (避免) meeting people

D．if you won't join a club

(3) Friendships are based on ________．　　　

[　　]

A．mutual understanding and appreciation

B．meeting more new people

C．talking and smiling

D．taking or giving

(4) Which of the statements is not true?　　　

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A．Making friends needs practising．

B．To make friends you must be active in getting to know or to talk with people．

C．When meeting someone, make him feel nice and easy as well．

D．Before making friends with someone, judge him if he's too this or too that．

(5) Which of these is true? ________ may keep friendship from growing．　　　

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A．Letting others feel being used all the time

B．Taking time and effort

C．Liking and sharing with each other

D．Judging the person fairly

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　In the United States, 30 percent of the grown-up population has a “weight problem”．To many people, the cause is clear：we eat too much．But scientific experiments do little to support this idea．Going back to the America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food．In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn't watch television．

　Several modern studies, besides, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on average (平均的) than thinner people．In fact, some research work, such as 1979 study of 3, 545 London office workers, reports that fat people eat less than thinner people on the average．

　Studies show that thin people are more active than fat people．A study by the research group at Standford University School of Medicine found the following interesting fact． The more the man ran, the greater body fat he lost．The more he ran, the greater he needed for food．Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount (量) of body fat．

(1) What kind of physical problem do many grown-up Americans have?

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A．They are too thin．

B．They work too hard．

C．They are too fat．

D．They lose too much body fat．

(2) Based on the information given in this article, suppose there are 500 Americans, about how many of them will have a weight problem．

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A．30　　　　　B．50　　　　C．100　　　　D．150

(3) Are there scientific facts to support that eating too much is the cause of the “weight problem”?

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A．Yes, there are plenty of them．

B．Of course, there are facts to show this is true．

C．There are hardly any scientific facts to support this．

D．We don't know because the information is not given．

(4) Compared (比较) with the grown-up Americans today, the Americans of 1910 ______．

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A．ate more food and had more physical activities

B．ate less food but had more activities

C．ate less food and had less physical exercise

D．had more weight problems

(5) What have modern medical and scientific researchers reported to us?　　　

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A．Fat people eat less food and are less active．

B．Fat people eat more food and are more active．

C．Fat people eat more food but are less active．

D．Thin people run less, but eat more food．

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　It is true that times are changing for the old people in Britain．But not all the changes are bad ones．Modern medicine, for example, has made old people healthier than ever before．Another advantage is that there are many more old people than there used to be．This means that old people often have a good social life with their own clubs and organizations．Old people, too, have more money now than their own parents and grandparents had．

　The biggest disadvantage (不利条件) of modern life is loneliness (孤独)．The young leave home when they grow up and many old people live alone．Fewer old people have brothers and sisters．An old person's one or two children may have moved to another part of the country．Even when they live nearby, the young people have their own work to do and their own children to look after．They have not much time for the old. Problems of loneliness often start when people stop work．When people retire they often find it difficult to start a new life without their jobs．

　The world has changed so fast since 1900 that it is difficult for the old people to understand the problems of the young．And the world is changing even faster these days than it was fifty years ago．It makes you think, doesn't it? What will it be like when today's young people are old?

(1) To the old people, the changes in society are ________．

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A．better than they expected

B．not as good as they wish

C．both good and bad

D．difficult to understand

(2) According to this passage, the old people today ________．　　　

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A．often go to clubs with their brothers and sisters

B．prefer lonely life to social life

C．live more happily than their parents and grandparents

D．like to share their feelings and thoughts with other people

(3) Although some old people live near their sons or daughters, ________．

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A．they still feel lonely

B．they want to move to other places

C．they have no time to look after the young people's children

D．they like to live with their own brothers and sisters

(4) In the last century, old people did not have so many problems because ________．

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A．they had big families

B．they lived with their children

C．the young were king to the old

D．the society didn't change so rapidly

(5) What is the main idea of this passage?

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A．Modern society only belongs to the young．

B．Modern life has brought new problems to the old．

C．Today's young people are happier than their parents．

D．It is necessary to take better care of the old people．

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　A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is Future Shock by Alivin Toffler． In this book the author describes the great changes which have been made in family life because of science and industry．

　In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical (典型的) family had many children． In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents． Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby． But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller．Industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary．Larger families cannot be moved from one place to another as smaller families can．

　Today, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller．The typical family may remain childless and consist (由…组成) only of a man and a woman．A smaller number of families may raise children．These families may raise children as their important duty, leaving the childless families free to move from job．Furthermore, these child-raising families may raise other people's children in addition to their own．

(1) Choose a best one as the title of the passage．

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A．Farm families usually have more children．

B．Factory workers’families always have more children．

C．An ideal family is usually considered having no children．

D．A traditional family in America usually consist of a husband and a wife．

(2) Typical families in America ________．

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A．will have fewer members in the future

B．require more and more people today

C．have on average three children

D．are ready to raise two children

(3) Great changes have taken place in American family life ________．

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A．since the population grew so fast

B．because nobody wanted to do farm work

C．because of the reduction of industry

D．because of developed industry

(4) In the old days, ________．

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A．family members lived with their relatives in a large house

B．people enjoyed moving from place to place to look for jobs

C．agriculture used to be more important than industry in America

D．a so-called typical American family was small

(5) In the future ________ families may change．　　　

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A．a great many

B．a few

C．no

D．small

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    This was a cloudy day, and hunger waked him again. He was very　　 weak. It was no uncommon thing now for him to fall. Once he fell into　　 a bird's nest (巢). There were four tiny birds, a day or so old, no　　 more than a mouthful. He ate them greedily (贪婪地), putting them　　 alive into his mouth and crushing them like eggshells (蛋壳) between　　 his teeth. The mother bird flew about him with cries of anger. He used　　 his gun as a stick with which to hit her, but she flew beyond his　　 reach. He threw stones at her and by chance, one broke a wing. Then　　 she ran away, dragging the broken wing, with him following her.

　　     He tired the mother bird; but he tired himself also. She lay on　　 her side breathing heavily. He lay on his side, a dozen feet away,　　 unable to move toward her. And as he recovered, she recovered. She　　 flew beyond reach as his hungry hand stretched out to catch her. The　　 hunt started again.　　

(1)   The man kept falling because of __________.

[    ]

A. the cloudy weather　　B. being woken with hunger 　　   

C. weakness　　　　　　  D. the wounded bird 　　

(2)  The four baby birds ____________.

[    ]

A. were about a day old 　　   

B. were fed on eggs 　　   

C. were crushed when the man fell into the nest 　　   

D. added up to no more than a mouthful 　　

(3)   The mother bird cried angrily because the man _____.

[    ]

A. wanted to catch her 　　   

B. had broken her wing 　　   

C. attacked her with his gun as a stick 　　   

D. was eating her babies alive 　　

(4)  The man wounded the mother bird in the wing _______.

[    ]

A. with his gun as a stick 　　   

B. with a stone by chance 　　   

C. because the mother bird was very tired 　　   

D. because the stone was right for him to attack her 　　

(5)  The man could not catch the mother bird and the mother bird could not escape easily, because ___________.　　   

[    ]

A. the hunt made both of them tired out 　　   

B. they both lay on their sides 　　  

C. they recovered almost at the same time 　　   

D. the man was hungry and the bird was wounded

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    No form of thinking is more interesting than dreams. "Brain Wave"machines have shown that dreams last only two to ten seconds. Yetthey may tell a story that seems to take hours, or even days. Some dreams can be explained by feelings of the moment. A dry throat might　　 make us dream about the Sahara (撒哈拉) Desert. The sudden buzzing (翁翁响) of a flying thing might become an airplane. Dreams can tell　　 much more about people. Important dreams show our wishes or worries.Sometimes they are difficult to understand. An expert on dreams may find a struggle to get up a hill means that we are afraid that we　　 will not reach our aims(目标).He may say that our dream about flying without wings means that we are tired of struggling and want　　 to get away from it. Dreams of this kind are a normal way to ease (解除) our worries.　　

　　 (1)   "Brain Wave" machine may show __________.

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A. the last or two minutes of one's dream　　 　　

B. the story which lasts for hours or even days　　 　　

C. how long a dream lasts　　 　　

D. the explanations of one's dream　　

(2)   If a person says that he had a dream that lasted for four hours, ___________.

[　　]

A. he is lying purposely　　　　

B. he is trying to be funny　　 　　

C. he is honest and accurate　　

D. he is mistaken　　

(3)   The subject of a dream can change if ___________.

[　　]

A. the person is ready to wake up

B. the sleeper is very relaxed

C. the dreamer is over-tired　　 　　

D. the person hears a noise　　

(4)   According to experts, dreams __________.

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A. help us to handle (处理) problems　　 　　

B. can cause emotional problems　　　　　　 　　

C. expose our deepest secrets　　 　　

D. show how deeply we sleep

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　　     Henry had an excellent job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when　　 he told me that he had decided to give it up. I tried to make him　　 change his mind, but I failed.

　　     "You should reconsider your decision," I said. "You are thirty.　　 You have already spent five years at the bank, you might be a bank　　 manager by the time you're thirty-five."

　　     "I know," Henry answered. "What do I do at the bank? Well, at the　　 bank all I do is to count money. I enjoy counting my own money, but I　　 hate counting other people's."　　

(1)  _______ the bank.

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A. It was five years since Henry began to work at 　　

B. It was five years before Henry began to work at 　　

C. The writer advised Henry not to give up his job until he had 　　　　 spent five years at　　 　　

D. The writer tried to persuade Henry not to give up his job 　　　　 until he became manager of 　　

(2)  The writer couldn't believe that Henry had decided to give up　　 　　 his job at the bank because ____________.

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A. it was not easy to make him change his mind 　　

B. Henry's job was very good there 　　

C. Henry was soon to become manager of the bank 　　

D. all Henry did there was to count money

(3)   When did Henry begin to work at the bank?

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A. Thirty-five.　　

B. Thirty.　　　　

C. Twenty-five.　　

D. Twenty.　　

(4)  Henry didn't like counting __________.

[　　]

A. money　　　　

B. the number of the people at the bank every day 　　

C. his workmates' money every day 　　

D. money unless it was his