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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　When your parents advise you to“get an education”in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

　　Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully drop out in grade school. Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A. , you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A% . , and is famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.

　　Do you know, for instance, that long haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24,000. While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23,030. A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.

　　If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology (人类学) or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy(哲学), you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands. Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor(看门人) earns.

　　You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

1．According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ________.

[　　]

A．will not be a disgrace to society

B．will become loyal citizens

C．can take care of themselves

D．can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower

2．Many Ph. D. s are out of job because ________.

[　　]

A．they are improperly educated

B．they are of little commercial value to their society

C．there are fewer jobs in high schools

D．they prefer easier jobs that make more money

3．The nation is only interested in people ________.

[　　]

A．with diplomas

B．who specialize in physics and chemistry

C．who are valuable to the gross national product

D．both A and C

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Bernard Shaw didn't finish high schools, nor did Edison.

B．One must think carefully before pursuing a master degree.

C．The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.

D．If you are too well-educated, you'll be overeducated for　society's demands.

5．The writer sees education as ________.

[　　]

A．a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country's demands for technical workers

B．a way to broaden one's horizons(见识)

C．more important than finding a job

D．an opportunity that everyone should have

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　　For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes．Fifi was outside, and they were frightened．

　　By the time Fifi had left, 8 000 people were dead．Fifi wasn't a pet dog as the name suggests．It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world．

　　Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?

　　We didn't always, Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred．Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore．

　　Meteorologists then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred．

　　Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people's names－specifically, female names．Male names were added in 1979．

　　There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”．

　　Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z．The names alternate(交替)between male and female．

　　A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm．At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it's declared a hurricane．

　　The 126 names on the list are used only for stormas that form off the Atlantic coast of the US．There are separate lists for the Pacific．

　　So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It's happened before．The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex．

　　Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida．He's in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast．

　　He doesn't do it alone, though．His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names．

(1)

From the first paragraph we can find that ________．
[　　]
A．	Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi
B．	Honduras is a country which has no mountains
C．	Honduras is a country which faces the ocean
D．	Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude

(2)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	There were no hurricanes two centuries ago．
B．	The Caribbean is a state of the United States．
C．	The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often．
D．	Fifi was formed off the Pacific．

(3)

The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows, ________．
[　　]
A．	are set for use
B．	are all from American English
C．	are difficult to spell
D．	are easy to fix

(4)

The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________．
[　　]
A．	citizens holding the same opinion
B．	people with a similar position or function
C．	passengers traveling by sea
D．	assistants working abroad

(5)

Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year?
[　　]
A．	David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy
B．	Lucy, Mary, Owen, Nina, Peter
C．	Sam, Tina, Victor, Wanda, Yeats
D．	Peter, Rose, Sam, Tereasa, Victor

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　　For more than two days in September 1974, the People of Honduras shut their windows，locked their doors and covered in their homes．Fifi was outside．and they were frightened．

　　By the time Fifi had left，8000 people were dead．Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name suggests．It was a hurricane(飓风)，one of the most destructive^⒂natural phenomena(现象)in the world．

　　Why did we give human names to storms and hurricanes?

　　We didn’t always．Two hundred years ago，many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred．Later，storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore．

　　Meteorologists(气象学家)then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred．

　　Finally，in 1953，hurricanes started getting people’s names－specifically，female names．Male names were added in 1979．

　　There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”(热带风暴)．

　　Each list is used every six years and consists of 2l names，starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z．The names alternate between male and female．

　　A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph，at which point it becomes a tropical storm．At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it’s declared a hurricane．

　　The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US．There are separate lists for the Pacific．

　　So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific?It’s happened before．The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex．

　　Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre，headquartered in Miami，Florida．He’s in charge of(负责)picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast．

　　He doesn’t do it alone, though．His counterparts in two dozen other countries in Caribbean， Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names．

(1)

From the first paragraph we can find that ________．
[　　]
A．	Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi
B．	Honduras is a country which has no mountains
C．	Honduras is a country which faces the ocean
D．	Honduras is a country which lies at high latitudes

(2)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	There were no hurricanes two centuries ago．
B．	The Caribbean is a state of the United stales．
C．	The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often．
D．	Fifi was formed off the Pacific．

(3)

The names for storms and hurricanes off the Atlantic coast, as this passage shows, ________．
[　　]
A．	are set for use
B．	are all from American English
C．	are difficult to spell
D．	are easy to fix

(4)

The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________．
[　　]
A．	citizens holding the same opinion
B．	people with a similar position or function
C．	passengers traveling by sea
D．	assistants working abroad

(5)

Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year?
[　　]
A．	David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy．
B．	Lucy, Mary, Owen, Tina, Peter．
C．	Sam, Tina, Victor, Victoria, Jean．
D．	Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor．

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The Spanish football team won the South Africa World Cup on July 13th, _____it the 8th country to have won the World Cup.

A. made 　　　 B. making C. to make D. to have made

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Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that's long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing ? Paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical (关键的) moment.

A "paperless classroom" is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.

Students don't do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm (手掌) size, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student's personal computer.

Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they're studying ? from maths to social science.

High school teacher Judy Herrell in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afganistan (阿富汗) over one year ago.

"We could touch every side of the country through different sites ? from the forest to refugee camps (难民营)," she said. "Using a book that's three or four years old is impossible."

And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.

A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.

"Think about the money and trees we could save with the computers," she said.

But, with all this technology, there's always the risk (危险) that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available (可用的) for these hi-tech students.

What does the part of the last sentence in the first paragraph, “run out of ink at the critical

moment”, mean?

A. Pens may not write well at the critical moment.

　 B. Pens get lost easily, so you may not find them at the critical moment.

　 C. Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment.

　 D. Pens use ink, while pencils don't.

In a paperless classroom, what is a must?

　 A. Pens. B. Computers. C. Information. D. Texts.

The high school teacher, Judy Herrell, used the example of her class to show that _______.

　 A. the Web could take them everywhere B. the Web taught them a lot

　 C. the Web is a good tool for information

　 D. the Web, better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information

The paperless classrooms will benefit _____ the most.

　 A. students B. teachers C. trees D. computers

What does the phrase in the last paragraph, “break down”, mean?

　 A. Break into pieces. B. Stop working. C. Fall down. D. Lose control.

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