阅读理解：

    Mr． Brown’s horse was stolen at night． All of his friends were very sorry about it and came to see him together． After they had been told about it, one of them said, “Why didn’t you lock the door of your stable（马厩）last night? I think that it had something to do with you!”

    “You aren’t deaf man,” complained（抱怨）the second． “Didn’t you hear anything at that moment? The thief must have driven the beast away out of the gate, and couldn’t have carried it away on his back!”

    “I agree with them,” blamed（责备）the third． “How careless you are! Every evening, before I go to bed, I lock my stable first and hide the key in my box． Why didn’t you do so?”

    The more they said, the more excited they became． At last Mr． Brown couldn’t bear（忍受） any more and said angrily, “I’m glad that you have come to see me． But none of you would help me either look for my horse or catch the thief． Do you think that it’s all my fault（过错）? Why don’t you blame the thief?”

1．After we read the story, we can know ____ ．

[　　]

   A．what Mr． Brown was

   B．what happened to Mr． Brown

   C．where Mr． Brown lived

   D．who stole Mr． Brown’s horse

2．All of his friends came to see Mr． Brown so that they ____ ．

[　　]

   A．comforted him B．felt sorry for him

   C．blamed him D．helped him

3．They imputed（归咎于） the fault to Mr． Brown because they thought ____ ．

[　　]

   A．he wasn’t deaf

   B．he didn’t lock his stable

   C．he was very careless

   D．he didn’t hide the key in his box

4．The friends’blame could ____ ．

[　　]

   A．help Mr． Brown find his horse

   B．help Mr． Brown catch the thief

   C．help Mr． Brown bear in mind the lessons（记住教训）

   D．make Mr． Brown angry

5．Finally Mr． Brown ____ ．

  [　　 ]

   A．wasn’t satisfied with his friends

   B．thanked his friends very much

   C．agreed with his friends

   D．decided to look for his horse himself at once

阅读理解：

    What is blood? It is the red liquid which comes out of your finger when you cut it． There are about thirteen pints（品脱） of blood in a man’s body． He can give a pint of blood at a time to a blood bank for the use of other men who may need it． A healthy body makes up the pint of blood quickly．

    What does our blood do for us? It takes food to all parts of our bodies are made up of cells, these cells, which are very small, all need food all the time．

    The blood is like a stream． The cells take what they need out of the blood stream, as plants and fishes take their food out of water． The blood stream carries food and the oxygen which has taken up in our lungs to all the cells in the body．

    What makes the blood go on moving round the body in a stream? The heart sends it round． A man’s heart is about the size of his fist（拳头）． The heart is like a pump（泵）． It has rooms in it with doors between them． It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that the doors open and shut．

    The heart keeps a stream of blood going all around the body and back again to itself． Everywhere the blood stream does two things : supplies the cells with food and oxygen and takes away waste． It is as if the blood kept the little fires in the cells burning and took away the ashes．

1．Blood is the ____ ．

[　　]

   A．red liquid which comes from your finger

   B．red liquid which we can see

   C．red liquid which flows in a man’s body

   D．red cell

2．The blood in a man’s body ____ ．

[　　]

   A．makes food all the time

   B．takes food to all cells in the body and takes waste

　　  away from them

   C．supplies the cells with food and oxygen

   D．takes waste away from the cells

3．The cells take what they need ____ ．

[　　]

   A．out of the blood stream

   B．out of water like plants and fishes

   C．from a blood bank

   D．from a man’s heart

4．____ makes the blood go on moving round the body in a stream．

[　　]

   A．The heart B．The lungs

   C．The cells D．The pump

5．This article tells us about ____ ．

[　　]

   A．a stream of blood B．the use of the heart

   C．a wonderful pump D．something about blood

　　In America there is a new sport called “Earthball”． “Earthball”, which is like a huge beach ball, was thought of by Stuart Frand, who was once a hippy（嬉皮士）． The idea of the game is to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible． As the ball is too big, lots of people have to play． There are no winners or losers in the game, the idea is simply to enjoy yourself as much as you can．

　　“Earthball” is just one of the games in a “new Games Festival”． The festival took place in the countryside near San Francisco in the USA． Perhaps other countries can follow the example of the Californians and have festivals test new games it sounds like a good idea!

1． “Earthball” is ____ ．

[　　]

   A．a big beach ball B．a “new Games Festival”

   C．a hippy game D．a huge ball

2．According to the passage you could play “Earthball” ____ ．

[　　]

   A．in the air B．in the country

   C．on the beach D．in any countries

3．The aim of the game is ____ ．

[　　]

   A．to look for excellent sportsmen

   B．to test whether it is a good idea

   C．to enjoy yourself

   D．to spread the game throughout the world

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

   A．Two people on each side can play “Earthball”．

   B．The game is enjoyed mostly by the city people．

   C．Only a hippy can play the game．

   D．Many people can play the game together．

5．According to the passage, you can see that the writer ____ ．

[　　]

   A．likes the game

   B．dislikes the game

   C．thinks that the game is not really good

   D．thinks that the game looks good but actually it is bad

    We cannot feel speed. But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are being shaken.

    We can feel acceleration, an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For instance, we feel it during the takeoff of a plane.

    We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies do not gain speed as fast as the plane does. It seems that something is pushing us back against the seat. Actually, our bodies are trying to stay in the same place, while the plane is carrying us forward.

    Soon the plane reaches a steady(稳定的) speed. Then, because there is no longer any change in speed, the feeling of forward motion stops.

1. We can tell that we are moving by ______.

[　　]

A. watching things move past

B. feeling the speed

C. feeling ourselves being shaken

D. both A and C

2. Acceleration is the name for ______.

[　　]

A. an increase in speed

B. a steady speed 

C. any kind of movement

D. the movement of a plane

3. During the takeoff of a plane, we feel that we are being ______.

[　　]

A. thrown forward

B. pushed back against the seat

C. lifted out of the seat

D. pushed down into the seat

4. We feel the plane’s acceleration because our bodies gain speed ______.

[　　]

A. just as fast as the plane

B. faster than the plane

C. more slowly than the plane

D. before the plane

5. This feeling stops when ______.

[　　]

A. the plane stops climbing

B. the plane lands

C. there is no longer a change in speed

D. we begin to feel speed

    Can you remember any of the bad habits you used to have when you were very young? (And don’t tell me you never had any!) Perhaps, as a baby, you used to suck your thumb. Of course, you don’t do that any more now, but you can still remember your mother’s efforts to“train”you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training.

    We may not suck our thumbs any more, but as we get older we acquire other bad habits. We can’t give them up easily, either. (Anyone who has tried to give up smoking knows this very well!) Each period brings its own problems. In babyhood, it’s thumb-sucking; in childhood, it’s nail-biting; in our teens, it’s smoking; in middle-age, it’s over-eating, and so on. And if anyone tells you he has no bad habits, you can be sure he has the worst of them all: lying!

1. We usually acquire good habits in matters of personal cleanliness ______.

[　　]

A. all our lives　　　　 B. as children

C. and then lost them    D. as we get older

2. Bad habits ______.

[　　]

A. become worse as we get older

B. are dangerous

C. last a life-time

D. are hard to break

3. Can you remember any of the bad habits you ______ when you were very young?

[　　]

A. had had 　　B. were having

C. had　　　　 D. have had

4. You can remember your mother’s efforts to train you. Your mother ______.

[　　]

A. taught you how to be good

B. trained you

C. made an attempt

D. tried to train you

阅读理解:

    Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are that you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(感知) something different about it.

    Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the crossing. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children. For perception is the mind’s explanation of what the senses-in this case our eyes-tell us.

    Many psychologists(心理学家) today are working to try to decide just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific method, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors(因素). By measuring and charting(用图表表示)the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

1. Seeing and perceiving are ______.

[　　]

A. the same action

B. two separate actions

C. two actions carried on entirely by the eyes

D. several actions that take place at different time

2. Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

[　　]

A. in our eyes

B. only when we think very hard about something.

C. only under the direction of a psychologist

D. in every person’s mind

3. People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

[　　]

A. they come from different countries

B. they cannot agree about things

C. some have better eyesight

D. none of these

4. Psychologists study perception by ______.

[　　]

A. setting up many experiments

B. asking each other what they see

C. looking out of window

D. studying people’s eyes

5. The best title for this passage is ______.

[　　]

A. How We See

B. Learning About Our Minds through Science

C. What Psychologists Perceive

D. How to Become an Experimental Psychologist

阅读理解:

    The term“satellite city”is used to describe the relationship between a large city and neighboring smaller cities and towns that are economically dependent upon it. Satellite cities may be collection and distribution(分发，分布)points in the commercial linkages of a trading metropolis(大都市) or they may be manufacturing or mining centers existing with one-industry economies as the creatures of some nearby center. This latter form is what is generally meant when one uses the term“satellite city”. Taken in this sense, nice-teenth-century Chicopee and Lowell, Massachusetts, were satellites of Boston. Both were mill towns created by Boston investors to serve the economy of that New England metropolis. Located on cheap land along water-power sites in the midst of a farming region that could supply ample(富裕的) labor, they were satellites in the fullest sense of the term. Pullman, Illinois, and Gary, Indiana were likewise one-industry towns created in conjunction with the much broader economy of nearby Chicago. Such places, as Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder have pointed out in their excellent urban biographies , had a one-dimensional quality, a paucity of social vigor. These cities could not stand alone; they were in a sense colonies of a multifunctional mother city.

1. Which of the following is characteristic of a satellite city?

[　　]

A. It is a self-sufficient community.

B. It offers cheap land to people.

C. It tends to concentrate on a single product.

D. It lies within a space station orbiting Earth.

2. According to the passage, Chicopee and Lowell were ideal locations for the development of towns because they had ______.

[　　]

A. fully developed electric power plants

B. an adequate number of workers

C. farmland that would not be flooded

D. extremely rich investors

3. The author describes each of the following as being economically dependent on another city EXCEPT ______.

[　　]

A. Chicopee, Massachusetts

B. Lowell, Massachusetts

C. Pullman, Illinois

D. Chicago, Illinois

4. It can be inferred from the passage that Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder are ______.

[　　]

A. authors　　　　　　  B. investors

C. social workers 　　　D. factory workers

5. It can be inferred from the passage that Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder would describe the economies of towns like Pullman and Gary as ______.

[　　]

A. diversified 　　 B. dependent

C. vigorous 　　　　D. primitive

    Imagine doing on a 20-year journey into outer space (外层空间)-without growing any older. Does it sound very strange ? Well, one day it may not be! One day, astronauts maybe able to do just that- if they sleep through the days along the way!

    Right now, “ people hibernation (冬眠)” is just an idea. But it may not be for long. Why ? Because scientists have discovered something special in the blood of hibernating animals. And it is this thing that sets off the animals’ long winter sleep.

    Some day scientists may learn how to use the thing in humans. If they do, them people who have to spend long hours of operation can enter a sort of quick “ hibernation”. This would be especially useful during heart operation, because the lower energy requirement and slower heartbeat would make the operation easier and safer.

    Scientists named the thing HT, which can be made into a kind of medicine. It may travel with astronauts on their journeys to the stars in the future.

1. When can astronauts go into outer space without growing older?

[　　]

A. In the future. 　　B. At the present time.

C. In other time. 　　D. Twenty years later.

2. “Human hibernation” will be possible because _______.

[　　]

A. it is just an interesting idea

B. some animals hibernate

C. scientists could sleep through many days

D. scientists have learned the secret of hibernation

3. HIT is a sort of ________.

[　　]

A. quick “ hibernation”

B. heart operation

C. useful medicine

D. interesting travel

4. Doctors may one day use HIT in ________.

[　　]

A. animals 　　B. blood

C. humans 　　 D. stars

5. What is the best title for this article?

[　　]

A. Hibernation Journeys.

B. Hibernation Medicine.

C. Hibernating Animals.

D. Quick Hibernation.

阅读理解：

    No other diseases occur so often as the common cold. We call it “common” because everybody may have one sooner or later.

    The symptoms of the common cold appear within a few days of infection. Once a man is affected by the common cold, he usually suffers from cough and fever. He is asked to drink much water and have a good rest, Some medicinal (药物的) herbs are often used to treat colds. Aspirin may be given to relieve symptoms.

    Although the common cold is not serious in itself, many of its complications (并发症) are. Of these, the most common are bronchitis and pneumonia.

    What can we do to prevent a cold?

    The best way is to increase the body resistance by exercise. With exercise, every organ in the body functions better, and the circulation (循环) is stimulated. The increased resistance to colds comes from better skin blood circulation. Some medicinal herbs can also be used to prevent this disease.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A. Everyone is certain to get the common cold.

B. The common cold is the most common disease in the world.

C. One can always find ways to avoid the common cold.

D. The common cold is not serious in itself.

2. When one gets the common cold, he _______.

[　　]

A. often has a high temperature

B. should have more exercise

C. will have to take aspirin to relieve pains

D. becomes seriously ill

3. What is the best way to avoid the common cold?

[　　]

A. To take aspirin.

B. To drink much water and have a good rest.

C. To see the doctor.

D. To keep doing exercises.

4. What are the most common complications of the common cold?

[　　]

A. Cough and fever.

B. Bronchitis and pneumonia.

C. Headaches and skin pains.

D. Infections and bad skin blood circulation.

5. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A. Ways to prevent the common cold.

B. The functions of organs.

C. The uses of medicinal herbs.

D. The circulation in one’s body.

阅读理解：

    Advertising has become a very specialized activity in modern times. In the business world of today, supply is usually greater than demand. There is great competition between different manufacturers of the same kind of product to persuade customers to buy their own particular brand. They always have to remind the consumer of the name and the qualities of their product. They do this by advertising. The manufacturer advertises in the newspapers and on posters. He sometimes pays for songs about his product in commercial radio programs. He employs attractive salesgirls to distribute samples of it. He organizes competitions, with prizes for the winners. He often advertises on the screens of local cinemas. Most important of all, in countries that have television he has advertisements put into programs that will accept them. Manufacturers often spend large sums of money on advertisements. We buy a particular product because we think that it is the best. We usually think so because we think that it is the best. We usually think so because of the advertisements that say so. Some people never pause to ask themselves if the advertisements are telling the truth.

1. How many kinds of advertisements are mentioned in the passage?

[　　]

A. 7 　B. 5   　C. 4 　D. 8

2. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true ?

[　　]

A. Some people never have any doubts about what

 advertisements tell them.

B. Great competition exists between different

 manufacturers of the same products.

C. The customer usually demands more than the

 manufacturer can supply.

D. The manufacturer wants to persuade customers to buy his own brand.

3. Which of the following advertisements is the most important?

[　　]

A. Advertising in the newspapers.

B. Putting advertisements into TV programs.

C. Distributing samples by attractive sales girls.

D. Organizing competitions with prizes for the winners.

4. The passage tells us that the customer usually buys a particular brand because he thinks that _______.

[　　]

A. he can get a prize

B. it is the cheapest

C. there is great competition between customers for the same brand

D. it is the best

5. Which of the following can best be used as the title   of the passage?

[　　]

A. Advertising

B. Supply and Demand

C. The Manufacturer and the Customer

D. The Result of Advertisements