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．

　The badger (獾) has been nicknamed `doormat' because of its broad, squat form and its hairy back． Actually it is a courageous fighter． In pioneer days it was considered as great sport to turn a pack of dogs loose on this furry foe, but few dogs were willing to challenge the badger a second time．

　When attacked, the badger digs a protective hole． If cornered, it releases (释放) a strong odor (臭气) from glands (腺) near its　　 tail．The badger's height only about nine inches—places its throat below the line of attack of most dogs, and the back of its neck is protected by coarse (粗糙的)hair．

　In a fight, the badger's front claws are formidable　　 weapons． It can leave a dog limping after one well placed bite of its sharp　　 teeth．Only the low-slung dachshund can easily get a deadly throat hold on the badger; this dog was once much used in　　 `badgering'． Fortunately for the badger, the popularity of this sport has decreased　　 considerably．

(1) The nickname doormat' has been given to the badger because of its　　 ________．

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A．cowardly behavior　　　B．low,wide shape

C．hairy back　　　　　　 D．both B and C

(2)When fighting, the badger can show great　　 ________．

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A．cunning　　　B．strength

C．courage　　　D．speed

(3)The badger releases a strong odor when it is　　 ________．

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A．attacking another animal

B．retreating from the fight

C．cornered by its enemies

D．digging a hole

(4)It is hard for most dogs to attack a badger's throat because of the badger's　　 ________．

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A．low height　　　　　B．sharp teeth

C．powerful claws　　　D．shin

(5)The badger's coarse hair helps to　　 ________．

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A．warn it of danger　　　　　　B．camouflage it

C．protect it from enemies　　　D．both B and C

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文，从听给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案．

　A good reader is very much like a good driver． He must change his reading speed to fit his purpose and the material he is reading, just as a driver does to fit the road situation．A good reader may be able to read a thousand words per minute (WPM),but he won't use that speed on every thing he reads． A good reader doing research reading in the library may read at the speed of 1,000 words per minute as he searches for material for a report． But once he finds something that is useful to him, he may need to slow down to 100 WPM． A good reader may read newspaper and magazine articles at 600 WPM． But it may take him 150 WPM to read his science or maths text．Just as a driver has a wide range (范围) of speed, so has a good reader．

(1)According to the writer, good readers refer to those who can ________．

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A．read at 1,000 WPM

B．change his speed as requires

C．read quickly in the laboratory

D．read while driving a car

(2)According to the writer, the speed of reading depends on ________．

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A．the purpose of your reading

B．what you are reading

C．the research you are doing

D．both A and B

(3)A good reader may read at the highest speed of reading when ________．

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A．he reads newspaper and magazine articles

B．he's trying to find useful material for his report

C．he's trying to work out a maths problem

D．he reads books most useful to him

(4)When the writer says a good reader is very much like a good driver he means ________．

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A．a good reader reads as fast as a good driver drives a car

B．a good reader reads as widely as a good driver does

C．both of them have sharp eyes

D．a good reader is good at changing his speed just as a good driver

(5)The speed of reading books on science may be ________ WPM．

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A．1,000　　　B．600　　　C．100　　　D．150

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。

    Can trees talk? Yes—but not in words. Scientists have　　 reason to believe that trees do communicate (互通信息)with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree (柳树) attacked in　　 the woods by caterpillars (毛毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special vapours—a signal causing its neighbours to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.　　

    Communication, of course, doesn't need to be in words. We can talk to　　 each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We　　 know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey.

　　     So why shouldn't trees have ways of sending messages?

(1) It can inferred (推断) from the passage that caterpillars do not feed    on leaves that _________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　A. have an unpleasant taste  　　B. are lying on the ground  　　C. have an unfamiliar shape  　　D. bees don't like (2) The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by _______. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　A. growing more branches 　　    　　B. changing its leaf chemistry 　　C. communicating with birds and bees D. shaking caterpillars off (3) According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate     with other trees by ____________.　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　A. waving its branches　　B. giving off a special vapour  　　C. dropping its leaves　　D. changing its colour of its trunk　　  (4) According to this passage, bees communicate by _________. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］ 　　A. touching one another     　　B. smelling one another 　　C. making special movement  　　D. making usual sound  (5) The author believe that the incident described in the passage     _________.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　］
　　 A. cannot be taken seriously
     B. seems completely reasonable
     C. should no longer be permitted
     D. must be checked more thoroughly 

阅读理解训练

　　What comes into your mind when you think about robots? Do you imagine armies of evil metal monsters planning to take over the world? Or, perhaps of mechanical men who have been created as guards or soldiers by a mad genius? Or maybe you think of man-like robots who act, think, and look like human beings. In fact robots like these have more to do with science fiction films than with real life. In the real world robots are machines that do jobs which otherwise have to be done by people. Robots either operate by themselves or under the control of a person.

　　In a car factory, for example, robot machinery can put together and paint car bodies. On the sea bed remote-controlled under water machines with mechanical arms can perform tasks too difficult for divers. Robot spacecraft can explore the solar system and send back information about planets and stars.

　　Many robots have computer brains. Some robots are fitted with cameras, sensors, and microphones which enable them to see, to feel, and to hear. And some robots can even produce electronic speech.

　　All this does not mean that a robot can think and behave like a human being. Present day robots have to be programmed with a great deal of information before they can carry out even simple tasks.

(1)Robots in real life ________.

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A．can behave like human beings

B．have the ability to control the world

C．can act as the evil guards of a tyrant

D．can help us with a lot of work

(2)According to this article, which of the following is NOT TRUE about robots in the real world?

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A．Some robots are as creative as artists

B．Some robots can help manufacture cars

C．Some robots can see and hear

D．Some robots can explore outer space

(3)Robots can perform many tasks for man because ________.

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A．they have intelligence

B．they are supplied with computer programs

C．they can imitate human beings

D．they have the ability to learn new things

(4)The robots in science fiction films and those in real life differ mainly in ________.

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阅读理解

　　If you looked at the Pacific Ocean from a space capsule (宇宙密封小舱) , you might think that the world was all water. You would hardly be able to see any land at all. Water covers most of the earth's surface.

　　The sea contains a large number of substances, besides common salt. If you boiled away some seawater, you would find over forty different materials. For example, out of a cubic mile of water, you would get ninety-four tons of silver and three tons of gold! If it were possible to do this, it still wouldn't be worth the trouble. It would cost more to get these expensive metals than they are worth. But the sea provides us with a great many materials which we can get easily and which we use a lot. For example, We use huge quantities of sand in industry to make glass, detergent (清洁剂) and cement (水泥) .

　　Besides materials like salt and sand we get a great deal of food from the sea. One day, we may even have undersea farms. We have hardly begun to explore the sea. In some ways it is less familiar from outer space.

(1)You would hardly be able to see any land at all because ________.

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A．the space capsule was too high from the earth

B．You only looked at the Pacific

C．water covers most of the land

D．your eyesight was weak

(2)Besides 94 tons of silver and 3 tons of gold in a cubic mile of water, there are ________.

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A．3 tons of water

B．3 tons of salt

C．3 tons of metals

D．3 tons of salt, water and other substances

(3)It is ________ to boil away a cubic mile of seawater to get a large number of substances.

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(4)Which is right?

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A．We have had undersea farms.

B．We can have undersea farms in the future.

C．It is impossible to have under sea farms.

D．Having undersea farms is too difficult to do.

(5)“In some ways it is less familiar than outer space”means

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A．the sea is too deep to explore.

B．man daren't explore the sea.

C．man has already began to explore the sea.

D．it is more easy to explore outer space than the sea.

阅读理解

　　James Anthony, who is considered to be the greatest living play writer of the American theater, was born in Bangor, Maine in 1921．He attended the public schools of Bangor and although he was the son of a poor European, he found a way to go to college, In 1939, he won a scholarship (奖学金) to the University of Maine, where he spent almost the next four years studying. I say almost because during his last term he joined the United States Army. He spent the next three years in the army and then left it in 1945, at the close of World War Ⅱ. In the army his job was to translate French papers into English, although his best foreign language was Italian. The army made him a French translator and for a year he was stationed in Paris.

(1)According to this passage, how did Anthony gain his fame?

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A．By attending public school in Bangor, Maine.

B．While serving in the U. S. Army.

C．As a play writer in the American theater.

D．As a French translator while stationed in Paris.

(2)How much time did Anthony spend in college?

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(3)How many foreign languages did Anthony know?

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(4)When did Anthony practise writing plays?

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(5)The Army gave Anthony a job ________.

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A．which is unfit for him at all

B．according to his best skill

C．according to what the Army needed

D．according to where he was stationed

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Out on the road the jeep was already waiting. As I got on beside him, he sat up the town and heading with great speed in the direction of Bacalar. My hat blew away but when I asked him to stop, he refused. We were being followed by spies and it was necessary to drive fast to throw them off.

　　The hard and unsmooth surface of the road made the jeep weave. To the danger of being shot off the bank was added the discomfort, the cold, for at the speed we were travelling the air cut through my cotton shirt and trousers. I asked the driver to go slower, adding as an excuse that I want to look out for wild animals. He replied that the faster we drove the better our chance of coming up with them before they could run away. He had hardly spoken when the jeep struck a rain-filled pit, which splashed a sheet of muddy water over the windscreen. Blinded, he stopped the jeep with one wheel over the bank. When we got going again it was at a speed little faster than a walking pace.

(1)While they were driving towards Bacalar the author ________.

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A．asked the driver to drive fast because they were being followed by spies

B．threw off his hat

C．refused to stop because they were being followed by spies

D．asked the driver to stop for his hat

(2)The author asked the driver to go slower because ________.

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A．he wanted to look for wild animals

B．he was frightened that they might have an accident

C．his shirt and trousers had blown away

D．he had cut himself

(3)They continued at a speed little faster than a walking pace because ________.

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A．the driver had been blinded

B．the jeep had struck a pit

C．one of the wheels had fallen over the bank

D．they had barely avoided an accident

(4)“… and it was necessary to drive fast to throw them off.” Here “to throw them off” means ________.

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A．to remove them

B．to drive them away

C．to put them off

D．to stop them following

(5)“He had hardly spoken… ” means ________.

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A．he had shouted

B．he had spoken very softly

C．he had just finished speaking

D．he had only said a few words

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　The floors of the ocean contain many riches that can be used by man. Oil and chemicals and minerals are already taken from the sea. By using nuclear (核) energy, ocean water can be turned into fresh water by removing the salt. In the near future, it is possible for human beings to produce food from farms under the sea. Food grown in the sea could help meet the needs of the fast-increasing population all over the world, thousands of which go hungry every day. About 10----15% of the world population don't have enough food. Some scientists believe that someday the sea will be used to make electric power. This would help meet the need for more power for the world's industries. The decreasing supply of coal, oil and gasoline shows the need to find new kinds of power is urgent.

(1)Man has already made use of ________.

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A．forms under the sea

B．nuclear energy to turn ocean water fresh

C．salt water resource as fresh water

D．minerals, chemicals and oil taken from the sea

(2)From the passage, we can know that ________.

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A．more than one tenth of the worlds' people are starving (挨饿)

B．there are presently many farms under the sea and producing food

C．the supply of oil, gasoline and coal are increasing very rapidly throughout the world

D．it's unnecessary for man to make full use of the riches of sea

(3)The need to find new kinds of power is urgent. “Urgent” means

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A．needing fast decision and action

B．not needing fast decision and action

C．fast

D．not so important

(4)Why is the need to find new kinds of power so urgent? Because ________.

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A．the supply of coal, oil and gasoline is getting less while the need for more power for the world's industries is increasing

B．nuclear energy has not been made full use of to meet the need for more power

C．the world's population is growing larger every day

D．scientists are anxious to turn the idea of making use of the sea into realities

(5)The best title for this passage is ________.

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A．The Population of the World Is Increasing

B．Riches of the Sea

C．Man Can Run Farms under the Sea in the Future

D．The Finding of New Kinds of Power is Urgent

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　It is no surprise to find seashells on the beach. Most seashells are found near the sea. But some seashells have been found on high mountain tops. That is a funny place for seashells. How did they get there?

　　The earth did not always look the way it does today. Once the sea covered more of the land. Then mountains pushed up. They pushed up through the water. Land from the bottom of the sea became mountain tops. Seashells and fish bones were pushed up, too. They were now far away from sea water. They were left high and dry.

　　The seashells and fish bones were covered with soft mud and sand. The mud became hard. It turned to stone. The shapes of the shells and bones were pressed into the stones. These stones are called fossils.

　　Fossils have been found all over our country. Have you ever found one?

(1)Some seashells have been found ________.

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(2)The story says, “The earth did not always look the way it does today. ” The word “it” means ________.

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(3)Which of the following does this story tell you?

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A．Fish used to live in trees.

B．Fossils can be found far away from the sea.

C．Seashells were turned into fish bones.

D．Fossils can be found only near the sea.

(4)What happened to seashells and fish bones?

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A．They were left on the top of the water.

B．They were left under the water.

C．Seashells and fish bones were washed away by the water.

D．Seashells and fish bones were pushed up, too.

(5)What is the main idea of the story?

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A．Seashells are funny.

B．Mountaintops are funny places for seashells.

C．The earth has changed a lot since long long ago.

D．The earth had changed.

　　阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Millions of years ago, whales lived on land and walked on four legs. Today whales still have small bones, which can only be seen on the inside of them. No one knows why whales left the land to live in the water. However, scientists can imagine when the whales changed their living conditions, their bodies underwent a change----showing a more fish----like appearance. This new form offered less resistance to the water. And the whales could swim faster.　　Whales are not fish. A whale will die, just as a man will, if it stays under water too long. When a whale is under water it closes its nose and holds is breath. The air in its lungs becomes very hot and its lungs are full of water vapour. A whale rises to the surface and breathes, its hot breath produces a fountain of water that rises high in the air. A man produces the same effect when he breathes warm air on a cold morning.

(1)Today there are small bones on the inside of whales, which shows that ________.

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A．whales are fish

B．whales once lived on land

C．whales lived in the water millions of years ago

D．whales can live on land today

(2)What happened to whales when they changed their living conditions?

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A．They began to leave water.

B．They began to live on land.

C．Their bodies began to change and looked like fish.

D．They changed into fish.

(3)Whales can swim faster, because ________.

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A．they have smaller bones

B．their bodies have less resistance to the water

C．they often practise swimming

D．they seldom live on land

(4)The word in the first paragraph “underwent” means

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A．passed through

B．brought about

C．took place

D．depended on

(5)When a whale rises to the surface of the water and breathe, ________.

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A．it begins to take in warm air

B．the air in its lungs becomes very hot

C．its hot breath rises high in the air

D．the air in its lungs is changed into water vapour