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1.先通读，后细读
阅读一篇文章，最好采用先通读、再细读的策略。首先要快速浏览全文，这一点非常重要。因为一篇文章是一个整体，是围绕一个中心思想组织的。如果我们了解了文章大体讲的是什么，有了整个篇章的结构模式，就有利于我们理顺句子或段落间的关系，准确地把握文章的主旨，同时也有利于我们在解题过程中有重点地细读部分内容。
一篇文章无论长短，要做到一口气读下来。对于生词，只要不妨碍我们理解主要内容，可暂时放下不管。如果我们读读停停，左顾右盼，往往会把文章完整的体系读破了，有碍于对文章整体的理解。在掌握了文章的大体内容后，我们再根据需要解答的问题逐句细读，认真分析词义及句子结构，从而更准确地把握文章的具体内容。
Passage A
阅读理解
An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (解释) where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(电冰箱).①
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise.② There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my nextdoor neighbor's house!
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. An old friend of mine called ______.
A. to tell me to meet him at the airport
B. to tell me about his arrival
C. to ask me to leave the office
D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival
2. My friend climbed into the room because ______ .
A. there was an apple tree outside
B. the living room window was left open
C. he had difficulty opening the door
D. he hadn't found the key
3. My friend telephoned me two hours later ______ .
A. from my home
B. at the airport
C. in his office
D. from my neighbor's house
难句注释
① I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator.
我建议他不要客气，随意吃冰箱里的东西。
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Reading time: ______
Reading speed: ______
② I listened to all this in great surprise.
我很吃惊地听着这一切。
in surprise 意为“吃惊地”。
Passage B
阅读理解
If you know me well, you know I don't like birthday parties. At least, I don't like birthday parties given for me.① I enjoy them when theyre for other people, but when theyre for me, I just don't like them.
I remember one birthday party some friends of mine had for me when I was a student at the university. Of course, I had told my best friend Henry that I didn't want a party and I made him promise he wouldn't do anything. He agreed. I should have known better than to believe him.②
On the day of my birthday, we got home from school at about, oh, I don't know, three or half past three. We went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom and started to close the door when suddenly from behind the shower curtain (浴帘), a kind of strange female(女) voice started singing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.”
And then from all over the room, people joined in. There were about fifteen people hiding everywhere in the room.
They had got my roommate's key and got in earlier. They had all planned to come out of the hiding place just at the same time while singing. I guess I really upset their plans by going in just to wash my hands.③
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. I got home from school at 3 or 3:30 on the day of my birthday.
B. I dislike birthday parties held for me.
C. Henry agreed that he would not do anything on my birthday.
D. I knew there were some of my friends hiding in my room.
2. I usually went into the ______ when I got home from school.
A. living room
B. bedroom
C. bathroom
D. dining room
3. What did my friends plan to do?
A. They planned to leave the room as soon as possible.
B. They planned to sing as loudly as they could.
C. They planned to eat in the bathroom.
D. They had planned to come out of hiding places together.
难句注释
① At least, I don't like birthday parties given for me.
至少我不喜欢为我开的生日晚会。
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② I should have known better than to believe him.
我本应知道他要做什么而不该相信他的。
should have known是虚拟语气，意为“本应知道而未知”。
③ I really upset their plans by going in...
我进去只是洗一下手，却真的打乱了他们的计划。
by doing sth.
通过做某事的方式。
Passage C
阅读理解
In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fairweather friends.① They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.②
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun.③ We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience (经验) and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've found a friend!
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosing a friend?
A. understanding.
B. honesty.
C. reliability.
D. a sense of humor.
2. If you have fair weather friends, ______ .
A. they will give you all that they have when you need help
B. you will be refused when you get into trouble
C. you will become rich
D. you can be sure that you get real friends
3. Good friends need to ______.
A. always point out each other's mistakes
B. be helped with money
C. understand each other's feelings
D. have money or luck
4. This passage mainly discuss ______ .
A. the qualities of a friend
B. where to choose friends
C. how to get along with friends
D. the importance of having a friend
难句注释
①Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends.
有时你会遇到不能与你共患难的朋友。
②In short, a friend will try to understand me
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and accept me. 总之，一个朋友会尽量理解我、接受我。
in short 意为“简而言之”。
③A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun.
一个特殊的朋友是和我们在一起共快乐的人。
with whom we can have fun是定语从句，修饰someone。
Passage D
完形填空
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 1 you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 2 friends leave footprints (脚印).
I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the 3 . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 4 on the cool 5 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 6 to the sound of them.
Autumn is a 7 season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me 8 . But one day, the sound of a violin 9 into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 10 in playing her violin.
I had 11 seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music,① I didn't know that I had been 12 there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building 13 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 14 . 15 we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly 16 . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin.” she said.
“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a 17 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 18 me.” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing 19 gave me a meaningful autumn,②” I answered, “Let's be friends.”
The girl smiled, and so did I.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a 20 —so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light③ that it makes the autumn beautiful.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. with B. for C. against D. to
2. A. good B. true C. new D. old
3. A. sound B. song C. play D. violin
4. A. shaking B. hanging C. falling D. floating
5. A. wind B. snow C. air D. rain
6. A. watching B. listening C. seeing D. hearing
7. A. lively B. lovely C. harvest D. lonely
8. A. up B. off C. down D. over
9. A. flowed B. grew C. entered D. ran
10. A. lost B. active C. busy D. interested
11. A. once B. never C. often D. usually
12. A. waiting B. stopping C. standing D. hearing
13. A. because B. so C. when D. but
14. A. interesting B. moving C. encouraging D. exciting
15. A. But B. However C. Even D. Though
16. A. stopped B. began C. gone D. changed
17. A. happy B. sad C. strange D. surprised
18. A. surprised B. excited C. encouraged D. interested
19. A. that B. which C. it D. who
20. A. song B. dream C. fire D. sister
难句注释
①Lost in the music“沉浸在琴声中” be lost in sth. 意为“陷入……之中”。
②In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn.
实际上，正是你的演奏给予我一个意味深长的秋天。
It was...that...是强调句型。
③...like a shooting star giving off so much light.
就像是一颗流星放射出如此灿烂的光芒。
祥解详析：
Passage A
本文讲述了一位朋友在拜访作者时误入他邻居家却浑然不觉的幽默故事。
1. B. 由第一段第一句 “...called...to tell me that he had arrived.”可知。
2. D. 细节题，由第二段 “...he had not been able to find the key...”可知。
3. D. 以第二段朋友所说的“apple tree”为线索，推知朋友误入邻居家。
Passage B
本文讲述了作者的朋友们想为他开生日party以给他意外惊喜的事。
1. D. 由第三段 “I went into the bathroom...when suddenly from behind...”可知“我”并不知情。
2. C. 由第二段 “We went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom...” 推知。
3. D. 由最后一段 “They had all planned to come out of...just at the same time”推知。
Passage C
本文论述了一个好朋友必须具备的四个品质：理解、诚实、可靠和幽默。
1. A. 四个品质中理解最重要。above all else意为“最重要；首先”。
2. B. 不能与你共患难的朋友在你遇到麻烦时会拒绝向你提供帮助。
3. C. 好朋友应相互理解。
4. A. 本文的主题是好朋友所具备的四个品质。
Passage D
文章通过“我”和一个小姑娘秋天邂逅的故事体现了知心朋友的重要性。
1. A. 结合后面一句可知，“许多人与你在一起(with you)， 却不能理解你”。
2. B. 只有真正的朋友，才能留在心中。
3. D. 结合后面的内容可知，“我”每天去听小姑娘拉小提琴。
4. D. 金黄的树叶在秋风中随风飘动。
5. A. 叶子是在风中飘动。
6. B. 现在分词用作伴随状语。
7. C. 秋天本是收获的季节，但是此处“我”却独自一人漫步在落叶之上，与下文的生活的无趣相对应。
8. C. 短语 get sb. down 意为“使人泄气； 使人疲倦”。
9. A. 琴声像山涧溪流一样，流进(flow into)“我”的耳畔。
10. A. 短语be lost in (doing) sth. “陷入……之中”。此处指小姑娘正在聚精会神地拉小提琴。
11. B. 结合上下文可知，“我”以前与小姑娘素不相识。
12. C. “我”沉浸在优美的琴声中，不自觉地在风中伫立。
13. C. 从下文可知，“我”并不是听到琴声才下楼，而是因为两人心有灵犀，每次几乎是在小姑娘拉琴的同时，“我”也到了楼下。因此这里应用when。
14. A. 与上文的“生活无趣”相对，琴声让“我”觉得“生活有趣”。
15. D. 从整个句意来看，这里是一个让步状语从句。though表“尽管”，合乎文意。
16. A. 与平日不同，琴声突然停止，小姑娘朝“我”走来，让“我”惊讶。
17. B. 由下文可知，小姑娘即将离开，故脸上闪现出悲伤的神色。
18. C. 在小姑娘眼中，“我”每天来听琴对她是一种无声的激励。
19. A. 此处是一个强调句型。
20. B. 结合全文的意思可知，在“我”看来，小姑娘就像一个梦，让“我”久久难忘。
1.When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house...当我问他找房子是否有困难时…… (Line 14, Passage A)
have difficulty (in) doing sth. 意为“在做某事方面有困难”，也可以说：have trouble (in) doing sth. 如：
I have some difficulty understanding him. 我理解他有些困难。
Did you have any trouble in finding his house? 你找到他家有困难吗？
英语中还有have difficulty with sth. 和have trouble with sth. 如：
I dont have much difficulty with English grammar.
我学英语语法并没有太多的困难。
I hope you won't have any trouble with the work.
我希望你应付这工作没有困难。
2.The girl smiled, and so did I. 小姑娘笑了，我也笑了。(Line 29, Passage D)
“So + be(have，助动词或情态动词)+ (另一)主语 ”用于表示某人与前者具有相同的肯定情况，意为“某人也一样”。如：
I like dogs; so does he. 我喜欢狗，他也如此。
He can speak good English and so can she. 他能说一口好英语，她也能。
如果对前面所说的内容加以肯定，那就不倒装。如：
—Jack won the first prize in the contest. 杰克在比赛中获一等奖。
—So he did. 确实如此。
2.略读
略读(skimming)是利用较短的时间粗略地阅读全文的阅读策略，其主要目的是迅速抓住文章的主旨大意或作者的写作意图。这是一种高效的、有选择性的、有针对性的阅读技巧。掌握略读这一技巧的关键就在于学会在阅读过程中区别文章的重要部分和非重要部分，全局部分和枝节部分。一些次要信息要大胆略去不读，迅速找出topic sentence，即找出概括全段大意的句子。
在运用这一方法阅读文章时，要特别注意：①文章的标题；②文章的首句或引导性段落；③文章尾部的结论性词语；④反映段落中心思想的主题句。如果我们找到了每段的主题句，再将这些主题句集中在一起，就差不多能够把握住全文的中心内容了。
Passage A
阅读理解
What do you think of British people and American people? You might think that there are no differences between the people in the two countries. After all they speak the same language, don't they? But if you ask a British or an American person, the differences are quite great.
What do British people think Americans are like? The British think Americans are very strange. They make a lot of noise and they laugh too loudly. They are rich, and they only think about money. But the British do say that Americans are kind, friendly people.① They are happy to help you if you are in trouble.
What do Americans think of the British? Well, they think the British are cold and very unfriendly. They are not interested in success or in making lots of money. They think Britain is the best country in the world. They look down upon other countries. But Americans say that the British are quite good workers. They are brave and honest. And in time of trouble they face difficulties happily.
You can see that these ideas can cause misunderstanding between the British and Americans.② But when American and British people become friends, they usually find things are not as bad as they expected.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. What do you think of the differences between British and American people?
A. Their differences are very small.
B. The differences are very great.
C. There are no differences between them.
D. Some people think there are, but some people dont think so.
2. What do the British think Americans are like?
A. They are strange but friendly. B. They are poor.
C. They are rich but unfriendly. D. They are happy in trouble.
3. The American and British people usually get along quite well ____.
A. when misunderstanding is caused between them
B. once they become friends
C. after they fight
D. when they help each other
难句注释
① But the British do say that Americans are kind, friendly people.
但是英国人的确认为美国人是可亲的、友善的。do 在句中是为了表示强调。
Total words:208
Reading time:____
Reading speed:____
② You can see that these ideas can cause misunderstanding between the British and Americans.
你会发现这些想法可能会在英国人和美国人之间引起误解。
Passage B
阅读理解
Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. But you should not be upset (难受的) if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you!
Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m., and end at about 11. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift.
Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks(小吃).① Do you want to be more polite? Say how much you like the room, or the picture on the wall. But remember—it’s not polite to ask how much things cost.
In many families, the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests.
You'll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert, followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.②
Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short thankyou letter. British and American people like to say “ Thank you, thank you, thank you.”all the time!
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. If you are going to attend a dinner party,____ .
A. youd better bring a certain present with you
B. you must leave home for it at 7 p.m.
C. you should ask your host when you should leave
D. you must arrive at it before 8 p.m.
2. In which order will you eat or drink the following things at the meal?
A. Snacks, vegetables, meat and coffee.
B. Coffee, drinks, soup, fish, vegetables and dessert.
C. Soup, meat with vegetables, dessert and coffee.
D. Drinks, soup, something small, fish and vegetables.
3. Which is the correct way in which you express your enjoyment of the evening?
A. Before leaving for home, you should say, “Thank you for inviting me.”
B. When you shake hands with your host, you should say, “I did enjoy the evening.”
C. You can write a thankyou letter to your host after that.
D. You should finish everything on your plate and take more if you want it.
难句注释
① Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks.
通常晚宴都是以一些饮料和小吃开始的。
Total words:213
Reading time:____
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② It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.
礼貌的做法是吃完你盘里的所有食物，如果还想吃的话再添一些。
句首的it是形式主语。
Passage C
阅读理解
If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!”
These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments (实验) to test the learnwhileyousleep method (方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects. English is among them.
Scientists say that this sleepstudy method greatly speeds language learning. They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect (影响) his rest in any way. However, sleepteaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.①
In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks. Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary (词汇) were given with the students awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson. The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on.② At 5 oclock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. By the learnwhileyousleep method, one____ .
A. starts to learn a new lesson in sleep
B. learns how to sleep better
C. is made to remember his lesson in sleep
D. can listen to the radio broadcast while lying in bed
2. In the experiment, lessons were given____ .
A. in the night time
B. after lullabies were broadcast
C. while the student was awake
D. all through the twelve hours
3. Before each lesson finishes, the student has to____ .
A. get up and take breakfast
B. be woken up by a loud voice
C. listen to the lesson again in sleep
D. review (复习) the lesson by himself
4. The sleepstudy method is being tried in many countries to teach____ .
A. the English language
B. grammar and vocabulary
C. a number of subjects
D. foreign languages
难句注释
① However, sleepteaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake. 然而，睡眠教学法只会使你记住清醒时已学过的东西。
Total words:260
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on.
轻音乐又一次使他入眠而收音机在继续播放。
Passage D
完形填空
Many people who work in London want to live outside it and to go to their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this 1 they have to get up earlier in the morning and reach 2 later in the evening.①
One benefit (好处) of living outside London is that houses are 3 . Even a small flat (公寓) in London without a garden costs quite a lot 4 . With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of 5 own. Then, in the country one can be 6 from the noise and hurry of the town. 7 one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep 8 at night, and, during weekends and 9 summer evenings, one can enjoy the 10 clean air of the country. If one 11 gardens, one can spend one's 12 time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are 13 in the garden.② Then, when the flowers and vegetables 14 , one has the reward (回报) of a person who has shared the secrets of 15 .
Some people, however, take no interest in country things;③for them, 16 lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dancehalls and restaurants. Such people would 17 that their life was not worth 18 if they had to live it outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit 19 the sea every summer is all the country they 20.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. shows B. expresses C. means D. needs
2. A. home B. family C. flat D. house
3. A. cleaner B. nicer C. bigger D. cheaper
4. A. money B. to lend C. to borrow D. to hire
5. A. him B. its C. ones D. their
6. A. free B. far C. out D. absent
7. A. If B. Although C. Because D. After
8. A. little B. less C. longer D. better
9. A. on B. for C. at D. by
10. A. cold B. warm C. fresh D. pleasant
11. A. prefers B. likes C. wants D. interests
12. A. day B. rest C. spare D. whole
13. A. made B. brought C. carried D. needed
14. A. come on B. come to C. come up D. come over
15. A. work B. society C. science D. nature
16. A. health B. happiness C. wealth D. future
17. A. know B. feel C. understand D. hope
18. A. wasting B. finding C. living D. spending
19. A. for B. to C. of D. at
20. A. hope B. wish C. ask D. want
难句注释
① Many people who work in London want to live outside it..., even though this means they have to get up earlier in the morning and reach home later in the evening.
很多在伦敦市区工作的人想住郊外……，尽管这意味着他们不得不早出晚归。
② ...doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in the garden.
……做花园里需要干的其他许多活。
③ Some people, however, take no interest in country things.
然而，一些人对乡下的事物却不感兴趣。
Passage A
本文讲述了英美两国人对彼此的看法。
1 B. 根据第一段最后一句可知差异是相当大的。
2 A. 第二段提出英国人认为美国人是奇怪而友好的。
3 B. 依据是全文最后一句话。
Passage B
本文主要介绍了应邀参加英美人举办的家庭晚宴需注意的一些礼节。
1. A. 由第二段“It’s polite to bring...as a gift.”得知。
2. C. 按第三、五两段中提出的进餐顺序可选出答案。
3. C. 四个选项中只有C符合文末提出的感谢宴请的方式。
Passage C
本文介绍了一种通过睡眠来学习外语的新方法。
1. C. 据第三段最后一句可知。
2. A. 据第四段可知，收音机授课是从晚上八点到早晨八点。
3. C. 据第四段第四句 “...the radio...broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears” 可推知。
4. C. 据第二段可知这种方法正在好几门功课中进行尝试。
Passage D
许多人乐意住在伦敦的郊区。本文对比了住在市中心和郊区的一些利弊。
1. C. 住在郊外就意味着早晨早起去上班。
2. A. 到家用reach home， 其他词需用the。
3. D. 从下文看，郊外的房屋便宜。
4. D. 房子不是借而是租用。
5. C. 与句子主语一致，of one’s own 意为“属于自己的”。
6. B. 意为“远离……”。
7. B. 根据下文应是转折让步关系。
8. D. 从上文“...far from the noise and hurry of the town.” 可看出，睡得好。
9. A. 具体哪一天的上午、下午、晚上，要用on。
10. C. 乡下的空气清新、无污染。
11. B. 喜欢花园才会有下文的种花。
12. C. spare time意为“空闲时间”。
13. D. 前面列举的“...digging...the hundred and one other jobs.”都是花园里所需要干的活。
14. C. come up意为“长出来”。
15. D. 在花园中养花、种花，涉及的是大自然的奥秘。
16. B. 在城市中才有快乐。lie in...意为“在于……”。
17. B. 此处强调的是“感受”。
18. C. be worth doing 意为“值得做……”。live a...life意为“过着……的生活”。
19. B. a visit to some place意为“ 去某地游览”。
20. D. 不可以说hope, wish 或ask sth. 。
1. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks. 通常晚宴都是以饮料和小吃开始的。(Line 7, Passage B)
“以……开始”可用start with... 或begin with... 来表达；“以……结束”可用end (up) with... 或close with... 来表达。如：At the dinner we usually begin with soup and end up with fruit. 在宴会上，开始的一道菜通常是汤，最后的一道是水果。 In a word, the long March ended (up) with victory for us and defeat for the enemy. 总而言之，长征以我们的胜利，敌人的失败而告终。
2. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own. 用同样的钱，一个人可以在乡下买到一幢有属于自己的花园的小屋子。(Line 5, Passage D)
of one's own 意为“属于自己的”。Hed like a car of his own. 他想有辆属于自己的汽车。on one's own 意为“独自地；单独地”。She lives on her own. 她独自过日子。with one's own eyes 意为“亲眼”。I saw it with my own eyes. 那是我亲眼所见。on one's own time 意为“用自己的课余时间”。 If you want to play football, youll have to do it on your own time. 如果你想踢足球，你只能用课余时间去踢。
3.查读
查读(scanning)，也称为扫描式阅读，是指用较短的时间快速扫视文章，查找具体信息或相关事实与细节的阅读技巧。查读有一定的目的性，是带着问题寻找答案的阅读方法，在考试中具有很高的实用价值。
运用查读方法时，我们首先要了解需要回答何种问题。我们可先在问题中找出二至三个关键词语，用作答案的指示牌。然后到文章中迅速扫描，以确定答案可能所在的区域，最后将文章中与之匹配的部分标出，确定正确答案。
在查读过程中，我们可以一目十行地快速扫描整篇文章，也可用手指或钢笔从左至右或逐行快速移动，同时眼睛要紧随其移动，查看所要寻找的具体内容，对那些与想要查找的信息无关的内容可一带而过甚至不必阅读。
Passage A
阅读理解
Last year I went to Nepal (尼泊尔) for three months to work in a hospital. I think it's important to see as much of a country as you can, but it is difficult to travel around Nepal. The hospital let me have a few days holiday, so I decided to go into the jungle (丛林) and I asked a Nepalese guide, Kamal Rai, to go with me. We started our trip at six in the morning with two elephants carrying our equipment. It was hot, but Kamal made me wear shoes and trousers to protect me from snakes.① In the jungle there was a lot of wildlife, but we were trying to find big cats, especially tigers. We climbed onto the elephants backs to see better, but it is unusual to find tigers in the afternoon because they sleep in the daytime.
Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and Kamal told me to be very quiet. We moved nearer and found a dead deer. This was the tiger’s lunch! I started to feel very frightened.
We heard the tiger a second before we saw it. It jumped out suddenly, five hundred kilos plus and four meters long. It grabbed (咬住) Kamal's leg between its teeth, but I succeeded (成功) in pulling Kamal away.② One of our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the grass, so we quickly escaped to let the tiger eat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The writer of the passage must be____ .
A. a Nepalese doctor
B. a foreign tourist
C. a Nepalese traveler
D. a foreign doctor
2. What made the writer suddenly start to feel very frightened?
A. He heard the noise of the tiger.
B. He saw the tiger in the distance.
C. He realized that they were in danger.
D. He knew that the tiger was in danger.
3. What was unusual about the tiger?
A. It hunted a deer on a hot afternoon.
B. It was 500 kilos plus and four meters long.
C. It was afraid of an elephant.
D. It almost killed the Nepalese guide.
难句注释
① It was hot, but Kamal made me wear shoes and trousers to protect me from snakes.
尽管天很热，但Kamal却让我穿上了长裤和鞋以保护自己不受蛇的伤害。
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② It grabbed Kamal’s leg between its teeth, but I succeeded in pulling Kamal away.
它紧紧咬住Kamal 的腿，可我还是成功地将Kamal 拉走了。
Passage B
阅读理解
From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax (放松) and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others take part in sports. It depends on individual interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others dont cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (稀有的) fiftycent piece worth S｜250! He was very happy about his buying and thought the price was reasonable (合理的). On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes.① He has almost 600 of them but I doubt (怀疑) if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.②
That’s what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The underlined word “individual” in the first paragraph most probably means____ .
A. different B. strange
C. secret D. one's own
2. In the writer's opinion, ____.
A. all hobbies are very expensive
B. some hobbies don't cost anything
C. hobbies are worthless
D. hobbies are valuable to everybody
3. Something that one enjoys doing in one's spare time is a____ .
A. job B. pleasure
C. hobby D. habit
4. Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT true?
A. The writer's brother has a large collection of matchboxes, which makes him very happy.
B. We collect a subject in our spare time simply for the fun of it.
C. The pleasure that a hobby can give is important.
D. To have a hobby means to spend a lot of money.
难句注释
① On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes.
与之相反，我最小的弟弟收集火柴盒。
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② Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
没有什么比找到一个供收藏的新火柴盒更使他开心的了。
Passage C
阅读理解
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that were also enjoyed by the inhabitants (居民) of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help a country's economy (经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination (目的地) country and how tourism affects(影响)them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wellbeing of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy will suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.① Businesses will also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, broad roads, and other things needed by places of interest. For example, a fivestar tourism hotel needs as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities (支撑设施) as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, and sewers to handle waste and water② . All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the part that goes before this passage?
A. It is very important to develop tourism.
B. Building roads and hotels is necessary.
C. Support facilities are highly important.
D. Planning is very important to tourism.
2. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ____.
A. a bad effect on other industries
B. a change of tourists customs
C. overcrowdedness of places of interest
D. pressure (压力) on traffic
3.Not enough tourism can lead to ____.
A. an increase of unemployment (失业)
B. a decrease(减退)in tourist attractions
C. the higher cost of support facilities
D. a rise in price and a fall in pay
难句注释
① On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.
另一方面，如果旅游业不能得到充分的发展，那么许多人将会面临失业的问题。
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② There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, and sewers to handle waste and water. 还需要一些配套设施，包括交通，电力和处理垃圾、废水的卫生设施等。
Passage D
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I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1996, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three oclock in the afternoon. The weather was very 1 and it was snowing, but I was too excited to 2 . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my 3 . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the 4 time and I looked in astonishment (惊奇) at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their manmade 5 . My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.
6 my friend had left, I went to a 7 near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't speak a single 8 of English, I couldn't tell the 9 what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some 10 , but the waiter didnt 11 me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was 12 .① After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway② 13 I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I 14 to walk around the city. I wanted to see 15 on my first day. I knew it was 16 , but I wanted to try.
When I returned to the hotel, I was 17 , but I couldn't 18 because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens (警笛) during the night. I lay 19 and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of 20 and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. warm B. hot C. cold D. cool
2. A. look B. listen C. enjoy D. mind
3. A. school B. hotel C. home D. office
4. A. first B. second C. last D. only
5. A. parks B. satellites C. beauty D. lakes
6. A. Long before B. Shortly after C. Sooner or later D. Then
7. A. restaurant B. sailor’s shop C. bookstore D. post office
8. A. sentence B. little C. word D. phrase
9. A. boss B. cook C. waiter D. man
10. A. sounds B. noise C. voices D. gestures
11. A. listen to B. understand C. see D. serve
12. A. reading B. writing C. ordering D. eating
13. A. until B. when C. before D. after
14. A. stopped B. tired C. decided D. continued
15. A. something B. everything C. some things D. anything
16. A. necessary B. important C. impossible D. right
17. A. tired B. excited C. surprised D. pleased
18. A. go out B. eat C. have a bath D. fall asleep
19. A. afraid B. awake C. aloud D. asleep
20. A. noise B. streets C. places D. rivers
难句注释
① Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating.
最后，我点了邻桌顾客吃的东西。
② Broadway 百老汇大街。
Passage A
本文描述了作者和向导在尼泊尔丛林遭遇老虎的经历。
1. D. 据首句得知。
2. C. 由第二段得知，作者感到害怕的原因是意识到处境危险。
3. A. 由第一段末句 “...it is unusual to find tigers in the afternoon” 推知。
Passage B
人们喜欢根据自己的爱好在业余时间做一些自己喜欢的事情，也就是文中所说的hobby。
1. D. 根据文意，此处指“个人的兴趣”。
2. B. 由第三段“集火柴盒”的例子可知。
3. C. 这是对hobby的解释。
4. D. 据第二段可知，并非所有的爱好都需要花钱。
Passage C
本文叙述了旅游业对一个地区的重要性以及如果缺乏科学规划旅游业会产生的诸多问题。
1. D. 根据首段首句，可判断本文之前部分应叙述“规划对旅游业的重要性”。
2. B. 由第一、二段可知，旅游业的泛滥并不能改变旅游者的习惯。
3. A. 由第三段“On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs.”可知答案为A。
Passage D
本文叙述了作者美国纽约之行第一天的经历和感想。
1. C. 根据下文可知天气很冷。
2. D. 太激动了，也就不在乎天气的寒冷了。
3. B. 下文有暗示，可知是去宾馆。
4. A. for the first time 意为“第一次”。
5. C. 看到了摩天大楼等人造景观的美。
6. B. shortly after 意为“不久以后；不一会儿”。
7. A. 根据下文“...to get something to eat”，可知“我”去了宾馆附近的一家饭店。
8. C. 根据最后一句可知“我”一个英语单词都不会说。
9. C.根据文意可知，应是服务员或侍者。
10. D. make some gestures 意为“做手势”。
11. B. 服务员还是不明白“我”的意思。
12. D. 点了邻桌顾客吃的东西。
13. A. 沿着百老汇大街一直走到时代广场。
14. D. 继续在纽约市区徜徉。
15. B. 根据下文可知，此句意为“我想在第一天看到纽约的一切”。
16. C. 第一天就把纽约看个遍是不可能的，但“我”想试一试。
17. A. 回到宾馆，感觉肯定是累的。
18. D. 虽然很累，但因为窗外警笛声和火警声无法入睡。
19. B. awake为表语形容词，意为“清醒的；醒着的”。
20. A. 根据上文可知纽约市区喧嚣、嘈杂。
1. We started our trip at six in the morning with two elephants carrying our equipment. 早上六点钟我们开始了旅途，两头大象驮着我们的设备。(Line 8, Passage A)
trip 是非正式用语，强调一次往返的短途旅程。journey 则比较正式，常指时间和距离都较长的陆路旅行，不一定最终要回到出发地。而travel 则泛指旅行、游历，尤指国外旅行，但无路程之义。 如：
Mother took me downtown on a shopping trip. 妈妈带我进城买东西了。
We made a journey to the Northeast of China. 我们在中国的东北做了一次旅行。
He has just returned from his travels. 他旅行刚回来。
2. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is. 金钱的价值并不重要，重要的是它(业余爱好)给我们带来的快乐。(Last line, Passage B)
not...but... 意为“不是……而是……” 连接两个并列的成分，表示意思上的转折。如：
He went not to help his father but to borrow money from him. 他并不是去帮他父亲忙而是去向他父亲借钱。
注意：当not...but...连接两主语时，谓语动词要与紧靠它的主语在人称和数上一致。如：
Not he but I am a doctor. 不是他而是我是一名医生。
Not the teacher but the students are going there. 不是老师而是学生们将去那里。
4.默读
专家认为，做阅读理解不应该是读，而应该是看。默读有利于发展阅读者的内部语言，有利于强化理解，有利于提高阅读速度。测试表明，我们朗读时，一分钟能念125个字就已很不错了，而默读时，每分钟可读150个字以上，有人阅读小说时甚至可达每分钟600字。
默读时一定要做到如下三点：①全神贯注。这是有效阅读最需要的心理素质。②积极思维。默读有利于思维活动的开展，有利于深层理解。③减少回视。回视率高不仅限制了速度，也会对内容的理解产生支离破碎的影响。
培养默读习惯最好的方法是扩大视幅快读，让你的嘴跟不上你的阅读速度；我们也可用手指压在嘴上或按住喉部，这样就会逐渐改掉嘴唇抖动的坏习惯。
Passage A
阅读理解
As one comes to some crossroads, he or she sees a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead.① At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road; and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.
Mr Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroad. It had a “SLOW” sign. He slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.
At once he heard a police whistle (口哨声), so he pulled into the side of the road and stopped.② A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and a pen in his hand and said, “You didnt stop at that crossing.”
“But the sign there doesn't say ‘STOP’.” answered Mr Williams, “It just says ‘SLOW’, and I did go slow.”
The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face.③ Then he put his notebook and pen away, scratched (抓) his head and said, “Well，I'm in the wrong street！”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Mr Williams was driving ____ one evening.
A. to a party B. to his office
C. home after work D. to work from home
2. When he was stopped by a policeman, he ____.
A. was driving at a high speed B. was driving onto the main road
C. was going to stop his car D. was driving slowly
3. Though slowly, Mr Williams continued driving at the crossing because____ .
A. he didn't see any “STOP” sign there
B. he paid no attention to the traffic rules
C. he didn't have to stop
D. he was eager to get home
4. Looking round Mr Williams, the policeman was surprised because____ .
A. he met a mad man
B. he realized that he himself was mistaken
C. Mr Williams dared to speak to him like that
D. Mr Williams would not apologize to him
难句注释
①a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead.
一个让驾驶员到了主干道就得停下来的标牌。
Total words:231
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②pull into the side of the road and stop 转向路边并停了下来
③The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face.
这个警察朝他的周围看了看，脸上露出惊讶的表情。
Passage B
阅读理解
Accidents happen almost every day. Some accidents are not serious and some are. We read about such accidents nearly every day in the newspapers. It is wrong for people to think that accidents take place only on the roads or highways, or even at work places. Home accidents are just as common. Because very few home accidents are reported, people come to think that there are few accidents which happen in homes.
There have been many cases where people fall to their deaths from highrise flats.① Children often fall over while coming down the stairs. Old people may slip (滑跤) on wet floors if they are not careful.
Nowadays there are a lot of modern electrical appliances (电器) such as ricecookers which make life easy for the modern housewives. These appliances can kill if they are not used in the proper way. Gas stoves (煤气灶) used for cooking are also dangerous if they are not properly used. They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, even fires.②
But all such accidents can be stopped if we are careful and follow simple rules of safety. For example, it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how to. It is safer to get them repaired by an electrician (电工).
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Accidents take place ____.
A. mostly in homes
B. mostly on roads and highways
C. mostly in factories
D. almost everywhere
2. Which of the following accidents may NOT happen in homes?
A. People may fall to death from high buildings.
B. People may be knocked down by cars on the roads.
C. Gas stoves may cause burns or even fires.
D. People may be killed by an electrical appliance.
3. People are advised____ .
A. to avoid using electrical appliances
B. to repair their own electrical appliances
C. not to repair their own electrical appliances
D. not to get their electrical appliances fixed
难句注释
①There have been many cases where people fall to their deaths from highrise flats.
曾有过很多人从高楼摔下而亡的例子。
Total words:223
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②They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, even fires.
它们会导致烧伤，甚至更严重的会引起火灾。
Passage C
阅读理解
Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.①
“I suppose I had better go to the doctor.” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I'm not at all surprised.” he said, “I know what your problem is.”
He examined her and then gave her some advice.
“If you dont do what I say, Mrs Parker,” he said, “You will have a heart attack (心脏病发作). It could kill you.”
Ellen was very worried as she left the doctors. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.
The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher shop (肉铺).
“I'd like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please.” she said.
“Certainly, madam.” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale (称).
“That's just ten pounds.” he said.
“That's big enough.” Mrs Parker said.
The butcher worked out the price.②
“At S｜4.99 a pound that will be S｜49.90, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don't want to buy the meat.” Mrs Parker said.
“If you don't want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“My doctor told me that I am too heavy and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?
A. She had a heart attack.
B. She had a problem with her health.
C. She was unhappy about her weight.
D. She could not sleep well.
2. Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?
A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.
B. She wanted to lose weight.
C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.
D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.
3. What was Ellen Parker's real problem?
A. She ate too much steak.
B. She weighed too much.
C. She was often out of breath.
D. She could not walk very quickly.
难句注释
① She was soon out of breath.
她很快就上气不接下气了。
Total words:229
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② The butcher worked out the price.
肉铺老板算出了价钱。
Passage D
完形填空
In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldnt help crying,① “Oh, my stomach (胃)! Get the 1 !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2 dream.
“Stop that noise.” he said to her. He turned over② and tried to go to 3 again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help! Help! I'm sure I'm 4 !”
Peter got out of bed and started 5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was 6 ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my 7 stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes 8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 9that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 10 morning, can't you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go.” his wife shouted,“ 11 you will find me dead 12 the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters 13 he heard his wife calling him again.
“I'm 14 again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as 15 as he could towards the doctor's. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake 16 around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who's there?”
“Oh, Doctor.”Peter said to him, “I've very 17 news for you. My wife 18 ill with a terrible stomachache (胃疼). I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to 20 now,and sleep well!”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. driver B. nurse C. doctor D. child
2. A. terrible B. interesting C. surprising D. wonderful
3. A. bed B. sleep C. dream D. hospital
4. A. walking B. dying C. aching D. sleeping
5. A. dressing B. wearing C. raising D. working
6. A. very B. so C. too D. quite
7. A. good B. bad C. wrong D. poor
8. A. down B. off C. on D. up
9. A. surprised B. afraid C. certain D. worried
10. A. before B. for C. to D. until
11. A. And B. But C. So D. Or
12. A. after B. in C. before D. until
13. A. after B. when C. before D. while
14. A. good B. wrong C. all right D. right
15. A. fast B. slowly C. hurriedly D. happily
16. A. everyone B. someone C. no one D. doctors
17. A. good B. bad C. necessary D. ill
18. A. fell B. stayed C. grew D. failed
19. A. gone B. missed C. disappeared D. left
20. A. your home B. your bedroom C. your dream D. bed
难句注释
①She couldnt help crying.
她忍不住大叫起来。
②turn over 翻身或翻转。
Passage A
本文讲述了一个人明明遵守了交通规则，但由于警察自己站错了街道位置而产生了误会的故事。
1. C. 文中第二段提到“...was driving home from work.”。
2. B. 第二段中提到“He slowed down when he came to the main road...”。
3. C. 根据文章意思，Mr Williams 只需要慢行，不必停下来。
4. B. 根据文中“I'm in the wrong street!”可知警察最后知道是他自己弄错了。
Passage B
本文主要讲述了不仅在室外，而且在家里也会发生意外事故，并且举了好几个例子加以说明。
1. D. 文章第一段中提到事故不仅会发生在马路或高速公路上，甚至在工作场地，在家里也会发生，所以几乎到处都有可能发生事故。
2. B. 四个选项中B选项明显不符合问题的要求。
3. C. 最后一段提到“...it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how to.”。
Passage C
本文是一个幽默小故事。一位女士由于身体不适去看医生，医生让她减肥减掉10磅，那位女士就到肉铺称了10磅牛排看看是多大的一块，却没买。
1. B. 从文章第一段可以明显看出Ellen Parker是因为身体不舒服才去看医生的。
2. D. 文章的最后一句“I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”道出了她称肉的目的。
3. B. 从整个文章不难看出Ellen Parker太胖需要减肥。
Passage D
本文讲述的是一个妻子半夜突然生了病，而她丈夫在她已经好转之后还到医生家把医生叫醒的幽默小故事。
1. C. 生了病自然是去请医生。
2. A. 妻子睡觉时突然大叫，丈夫以为她只是做了个恶梦。
3. B. 他翻了个身又想睡了。go to sleep意为“ 入睡”, go to bed意为“ 去睡觉”。
4. B. 妻子感觉病得很重以致于快死了。
5. A. 这里肯定是穿衣且强调动作，所以用dress。
6. C. 从下文可以得知妻子没有告诉他，因为她病得太厉害了。
7. D. poor 在这里解释为“可怜的，不幸的”，其他三个选项均不符题意。
8. C. 这里是穿上衣服，故选put...on。
9. C. 丈夫想确定一下妻子是否真的需要请医生。
10. D. 根据句意是“等到早上”。
11. D. 妻子让丈夫赶快去，否则到了早上他会发现她已经死了。
12. B. 在早上是in the morning。
13. B. 他刚走了几米，这时他听到他的妻子又喊他。when 表示“就在这个时候”。
14. C. 下文说不用请医生了，说明她感觉好了。
15. A. as fast as he could意为“尽可能快地”。
16. A. 敲门如此之响以致于能吵醒附近的每一个人。
17. A. 从下文得知医生不用半夜出诊了，他认为这对医生来说是个好消息。
18. A. 从文章开头能看出答案。fall ill 意为“生病”。
19. D. 后来病痛突然就没了。
20. D. 既然不用去给他妻子看病，丈夫就让医生回去睡觉。
1. Children often fall over while coming down the stairs. 小孩子经常在下楼时摔倒。(Line 7, Passage B)
当when, while, if, unless, before, as if 等引导的状语从句谓语由be +Ving形式或Ved形式构成，并且从句的主语和主句的主语一致时，从句中的主语及be动词可省略。
While living in France, he learned some French. 当他在法国生活时，他学了一些法语。
When visiting London, I like to travel by bus. 我游览伦敦时喜欢坐公共汽车。
He wont go to the party unless invited . 除非受到邀请，否则他不会去参加那个晚会。
2. ...try repairing their own electrical appliances...试着修理他们自己的电器 (Line 15, Passage B)
注意try doing sth.(试着做某事) 和 try to do sth. (尽力做某事) 的区别：
Why not try taking a plane this time? 这次试乘飞机怎么样？
Try to arrive here on time. 尽量按时到这儿。
类似的区分还有几对：
mean to do 想要做某事mean doing 意味着要有一个结果
forget to do忘记要做某事 forget doing忘记以前曾做过的事
remember to do记得要做某事 remember doing记起来曾经做过某事
go on to do接下去做另外一件事 go on doing继续做同一件事
stop to do 停下来开始做另一件事 stop doing 停止正在做的事
5.注意阅读速度
一个人的阅读能力的高低决定了他能否快速高效地吸收有用信息。合理的快速阅读可以使阅读者思想高度集中，在阅读中积极思维，不时作出归纳、演绎、对比、推测，正确理解篇章大意。没有一定的阅读速度，就不能顺利地输入信息，阅读理解的成效也会大大地降低。
高考要求每分钟读60个字，但我们在平常练习时应达到并超过这个基本标准，以便在高考中能给自己挤出更多时间去进行思考。我们要培养快速阅读的能力，就必须克服指读、回读、重读等不良习惯，不要把注意力过度集中在孤立的单词上，以致于对整句、整段的意思把握不清。与此同时，我们还应注意运用多种阅读技巧，如略读、扫读、跳读等来搜寻关键词、主题句，理清文章脉络，把握语篇实质。
Passage A
阅读理解
When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to face the music①”, it doesn't mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert. It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.②
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially (尤其) as children. We can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If...that means parents cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates.
“To face the music” is well known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter (无论) how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. “To face the music” means “to____ ”.
A. do something that we dont like to
B. go to the theatre
C. go to the music show
D. do something that we want to
2. In the third paragraph, “If...”really means “If____ ”.
A. we don't do a good job B. we get an“A” in the exam
C. the exam is easy D. the exam is difficult
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. “To face the music” is well known in the United States.
B. “To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years.
C. The young Americans know what “to face the music” means.
D. Only the old in the United States know the meaning of “to face the music”.
难句注释
①I guess Ill have to face the music.
我想这下我得自食其果了。
face the music 指由于自己的决定或行为而接受批评、承担后果等。
Total words:200
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②It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.
它要比你被老板喊进去解释为什么这样那样做，或者为什么不这样那样做要难过得多。
Passage B
阅读理解
Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.
On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).①”
Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.
“Thank you.” he said.
The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar’s bowl.
“What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”
Julia was very surprised at what the beggar said.
“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If youre blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.”
“Ah,” explained the beggar,“The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.②”
“On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?”
“He goes into the countryside,”the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Where was the beggar sitting?
A. Between Julia's hotel and the market.
B. In the busiest part of the city.
C. Outside the shops.
D. In the market.
2. On the first two days, ____.
A. the blind man waited for Julia
B. Julia gave the blind man some money
C. the blind man demanded money from Julia
D. Julia gave him nothing
3. On the third day, the blind man____ .
A. accepted Julia's fifty cents quite happily
B. noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents
C. refused Julia's fifty cents
D. also received one dollar from Julia
难句注释
① He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously.” 他举着一个告示，上面写着“生来双目失明，请慷慨解囊！”。
Total words:248
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Reading speed: ____
② Im just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.
那个经常在这儿的乞丐度假去了，我只是帮他照看一下场子。
Passage C
阅读理解
In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. ①If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.②
People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours.③ When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The passage mainly talks about____ .
A. how to keep disease from pets
B. pets in Canada
C. how to take good care of pets
D. life of the old in Canada
2. They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ____.
A. the pets are sick
B. the pets are wild
C. they want to stop them from getting sick
D. they want them to sleep on the way home
3. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because ____.
A. they don't love their parents any more
B. they can only find jobs far from their parents
C. their parents houses are too small
D. they wouldn't depend on their parents any more
4. Which of the following is TRUE？
A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.
B. Pets eat better than people.
C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.
D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.
难句注释
①They have a law against killing wild animals.
他们有一项不准捕杀野生动物的法律。
②If an animal happened to get run over by a car,
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people would be very sad about it. 如果动物不巧被车轧了，人们就会很伤心。
③One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours.
原因之一可能是他们的家庭不像我们这样联系密切。
Passage D
完形填空
On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time 1 an old woman who lived 2 .
When she came home she sensed something 3 . Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no 4 of forced entry (进入). Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, 5 , and found her camera and spare watch missing.①
The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didnt go to the club. 6 , she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, 7 herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see② what would 8 .
It was 4 o'clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was 9 tea at the time. The bell rang again, and 10 she heard her letterbox being pushed open. 11 the kettle (壶) of boiling water, she moved quietly 12 the door. A piece of wire (金属丝) appeared through the letterbox, and then a 13 . The wire turned and caught around the knob (圆形旋钮) on the doorlock. Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and 14 the water over the hand. 15 was heard outside as the 16 fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was 17 by the sound of running feet.
It wasnt long 18 the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly 19 at the club for her successful 20 .
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. by B. to C. with D. for
2. A. lonely B. alone C. away D. busily
3. A. terrible B. uncomfortable C. unusual D. bad
4. A. information B. show C. sign D. sight
5. A. looking B. examining C. searching D. checking
6. A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Again
7. A. pushing B. letting C. pulling D. leading
8. A. appear B. follow C. happen D. do
9. A. cooking B. making C. burning D. serving
10. A. the next moment B. for a while
C. in time D. at once
11. A. Putting down B. Laying aside C. Picking up D. Taking away
12. A. towards B. away from C. from behind D. near
13. A. knife B. hand C. letter D. key
14. A. used B. dropped C. poured D. covered
15. A. A sad voice B. A strange noise C. A low shout D. A sharp cry
16. A. key B. kettle C. doorlock D. wire
17. A. followed B. caused C. produced D. ended
18. A. before B. since C. until D. when
19. A. surprised B. praised C. encouraged D. supported
20. A. selfsatisfaction B. selfprotection C. selfrespect D. selfservice
难句注释
①found her camera and spare watch missing
发现她的相机和备用手表不见了
②settled down to wait and see 静下心来等着看
Passage A
本文主要讲解了一个短语“face the music”的含义以及它在什么样的情景下使用。
1. A. 从文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something...because you know you have no choice.”可以得到答案。
2. A. 从If...下文得知只有考试没考好才会有那样的结果。
3. D. 最后一段提到“...is well known to every American, young or old.”。
Passage B
本文讲述了Julia出于同情给了一个自称失明的乞丐几次钱后，发现该乞丐是假装失明来骗钱的真相的故事。
1. A. 从第二段第一句“...as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar.”中可得出答案。
2. B. 从文中可以看出是Julia因为同情那个乞丐而主动给钱的。
3. B. 乞丐注意到Julia只给了平时的一半时很不高兴，但并没有拒绝。
Passage C
本文主要讲述了加拿大人喜欢动物且注意保护动物。
1. B. 其他三个选项比较片面。
2. C. 第一段提到“...they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections so that they wont carry disease.”，从中可以得出答案。
3. D. 根据文章第二段第三句“When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life.”可以得出答案。
4. D. 文章第一段提到每个家庭的花园里都为飞鸟设置了喂食处。
Passage D
本文讲述的是Mrs Clarke在发现家中被盗后采取的对策，以及她惩治小偷的经过。
1. D. 俱乐部对于孤独老人来说是一种消磨时光的好方法。
2. B. 从全文看，Mrs Clarke 是独自一人住。
3. C. 她感到家里有点“反常”(unusual)。
4. C. 由上半句可见并无破门而入的迹象 (sign)。
5. D. 这里应该是核查，看看丢了什么东西。
6. C. 相反，她抄近路回家了。
7. B. 选A或C均不合逻辑；选D也不合情理。
8. C. 看看会发生什么。其余三项动词含义可包含在此项中。
9. B. “沏茶”习惯用make tea来表示。同样，英语中还有make coffee。
10. A. the next moment意为“紧接着……”。
11. C. 结合下文看，此处是“提起一壶开水”。
12. A. 朝门口走去。
13. B. 伸进来的是“手”(hand)，下文有说明。
14. C. “倒开水；泼水”用pour。
15. D. 开水猛然浇到手上，发出的是尖叫，并非其他几种声音。
16. D. 从上文得知，应该是铁丝掉在地上。
17. A. 紧接着是逃走的脚步声。
18. A. 句型It wasnt long before (后接从句) 表示“不久……”。
19. B. 如此智勇兼备，自然在club中受到赞扬。
20. B. 以上行为属于“自我保护”(selfprotection)。
1. It doesnt mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert. 这并不表示他打算去听歌手演唱或听音乐会。(Line 1, Passage A)
mean 表示“意味着……；(意思)是说……；打算”
That sign means that the road is blocked. 这个标志表示此路不通。
What do you mean by saying that? 你那样说是什么意思?
He did not mean to go. 他没打算去。
动词mean还有一些常见的搭配：
be meant to do sth. 必须做某事 mean what one says 说到做到
mean well to sb. 对某人出于好意mean much to sb. 对某人很重要
2. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. 如果动物不巧被车轧了，人们就会很伤心。 (Line 11, Passage C)
英语中被动语态除常用“be +过去分词”构成外，还可用“get + 过去分词 ”结构。这种结构多用在口语中，强调动作的结果。
get paid 得到报酬
get hurt 受伤
get lost 迷路
get punished 受罚
I got caught for speeding. 我因超速而被抓住。
Some glasses got broken when we were moving.
我们搬家的时候，有些玻璃杯被打碎了。
注意在这种结构中，动作执行者(即by短语)一般不表示出来。
6.扩大视幅
扩大视幅是高效阅读的一种技巧，它是指在阅读过程中，我们要扩大眼睛在阅读材料上每停留一次所能感知的文字的广度。阅读的过程，实际上是一个积极思维、迅速将文字符号转换为词义的过程。一般说来，我们的视幅总长度可达到4-5厘米。所以我们在阅读过程中，要尽可能扩大视线在文章每一行的覆盖范围，将尽可能多的单词收入视线范围之内。眼睛所注视的范围越大，输入大脑的文字内容也就越多，我们的阅读速度自然也就越快。
我们平时在阅读时，不能逐词阅读，要不断训练自己从“点读”过渡到“句读”、“段读”，让我们的识别幅度覆盖一个完整的思维单位，学会整体认读、整体理解句子意思，并要熟悉句子的结构和词语的搭配习惯，切忌读破句。
Passage A
阅读理解
Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us illmannered. Here are some examples of the things that a wellmannered person does or does not do.
If you visit a Chinese family you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you'll not move before the host says “Come in, please!”. After you enter the room, you wouldnt sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a teatable before you or sent to your hand, youll say “Thank you”① and receive it with your two hands, not one hand, or they'll think you are illmannered.
Before entering a house in Japan, it is good manners to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done.② In a Malay (马来西亚的) house, a guest never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host, especially (尤其) the hostess pleased.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. In China, when the host opens the door, ____ before he says “Come in, please!”
A. you won't leave
B. you won't walk
C. you won't stand in front of him
D. you won't get in
2. In European countries,____ when you get into a house.
A. you needn't take off your shoes
B. you must take off your dirty shoes
C. you are not allowed to wear dirty shoes
D. you should put on clean shoes
3. In a Malay house, a guest leaves a little food to show that ____.
A. he has enjoyed it B. he is quite full
C. he is not hungry at all D. he needs some drink
难句注释
① When a cup of tea is put on a teatable before you or sent to your hand, youll say “Thank you”. 当一杯茶摆到你面前的茶几上或递到你手里时，你要说“谢谢”。
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② In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done.
在欧洲国家，有时即使鞋子脏也不用脱下来。
Passage B
阅读理解
Do you love holidays but hate the increase of weight (体重) that follows? You are not alone.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods.①
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don't have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.②
Do not miss meals. Before you leave home for a feast (宴会), have a small, lowfat snack (小吃).This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.
Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have highfat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat (瘦肉). Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
If you have a sweet tooth,③ try mints(薄荷)and fruits. They dont have fat content (含量) as cream and chocolate.
Don't let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20minute walk after a meal can help burn off extra calories (卡路里).
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may ____.
A. bring weight problems
B. bring you much trouble in your life
C. make you worried about your foods
D. make you hate delicious foods
2. In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight, youd better____ .
A. drink much water and have vegetables only
B. not eat much food in high fat
C. not accept invitations to feasts
D. turn away from delicious foods
3. According to the passage, ____ is a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight.
A. vegetables
B. water
C. calories of energy
D. physical exercise
难句注释
① Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with these delicious foods. 然而，很多人担心体重会随着这些美味的食物而增加。
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② The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
下面的建议也许对你有所帮助。
③ have a sweet tooth 吃甜食。
Passage C
阅读理解
This year 2,300 teenagers ( young people aged from 13-19 ) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions (印象) of the real American teenagers. American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and have a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a twoway student exchange in action.① Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In return, George's son, Mike, spent a year in Fred's home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected — much harder ②. Students rose respectfully (尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities (活动).
Family life, too, was different. The family's word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual (个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize (批评) American schools.” he says. “It is far too easy by our level (水准). But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens (市民). There ought to be some middle ground between the two.③”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The whole exchange program is mainly to ____.
A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America
B. send students in America to travel in Germany
C. let students learn something about other countries
D. have teenagers learn new languages
2. What did Fred and Mike agree on?
A. American food tasted better than German food.
B. German schools were harder than American schools.
C. Americans and Germans were both friendly.
D. There were more cars on the streets in America.
3. What is particular (特别的) in American schools?
A. There is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings.
B. There are a lot of afterschool activities.
C. Students usually take 14 subjects in all.
D. Students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car.
4. What did Mike think after experiencing the American school life?
A. A better education should include something good from both America and Germany.
B. German schools trained students to be better citizens.
C. American schools were not as good as German schools.
D. The easy life in the American school was more helpful to students.
难句注释
① Here is a twoway student exchange in action.
这里就有一个正在运作的两地学生互派活动。
in action 意为“在运转；在操作；在某项活动中”。
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② School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder.
学校完全不同于他原本料想的那样，要辛苦得多。
③ There ought to be some middle ground between the two.
在两国学校之间应该要平均一下。
Passage D
完形填空
I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.
It is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I took pride (自豪) and 1 to 2 “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking,① I would do something in 3 way: changing the dishes colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style (风味). Thus, my American friends could discover the 4 of eating Chinese food. Because of my “ 5 ” job, I was often rewarded(奖励)by their 6 of appreciation(感激)such as “very delicious”,“excellent”, etc.
But the joke was here: yesterday, I cooked Sichuanstyle 7 for dinner. I was 8 at my achievement (成就).
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked 9 at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their10 ？” they asked，“It’s terrible!”
Terrible or beautiful？I don't know. But I 11 know that fish heads are delicious. The 12 is the best part of fish; in 13 only the respectable(受敬重的)guest can have the special honour of 14 it.
Another 15 thing is: the American friends often said to me“ 16 ”as they 17 fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness② 18 actually helping myself to any of the food. 19 , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they 20 hesitated (犹豫)to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. worry B. attention C. delight D. pleasure
2. A. buy B. fetch C. cook D. leave
3. A. their B. a new C. the same D. a simple
4. A. way B. joy C. trouble D. importance
5. A. hard B. daily C. good D. new
6. A. expressions B. flowers C. talk D. smile
7. A. meat B. fish C. soup D. egg
8. A. praised B. pleased C. good D. surprised
9. A. happily B. excitedly
C. surprisedly D. worriedly
10. A. bones B. skins C. tails D. heads
11. A. do B. will C. want to D. should
12. A. tail B. head C. soup D. flesh
13. A. fact B. China C. USA D. the West
14. A. enjoying B. looking at C. playing with D. cooking
15. A. real B. exciting C. interesting D. easy
16. A. please help us B. excuse me C. help yourself D. eat them please
17. A. brought home B. wanted C. were buying D. were eating
18. A. not B. but not C. without D. nor
19. A. At last B. Above all C. After all D. In return
20. A. usual B. often C. never D. had
难句注释
①regardless of my poor skill of cooking
不顾我差劲的厨艺。
②According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness.
根据中国的传统，我只是对他们的好意报以微笑。
in answer (to sth.)意为“ 作为回应”。
Passage A
本文主要讲述了不同的国家有不同的礼仪，并通过几个例子来说明这一点。
1. D. 从文章第二段第二句话可以得出答案。
2. A. 从最后一段 “In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done.”可以得出答案。
3. B. 文中提到在马来西亚“He leaves a little to show that he has had enough.”。
Passage B
人们喜欢假日美食，但又怕发胖。本文提出了一些既能享受美食又不会增重的建议。
1. A. 从文章第一、二两段可以得知假日会带来体重增加的问题。
2. B. 不要吃高脂肪食品。
3. D. 文章最后一段提到了锻炼是不能缺少的。take a break意为“停歇”。
Passage C
本文主要介绍了国与国之间的青少年互派交流活动，并讲述了来自美国和德国的两个学生到对方国度的学习和生活情况，反映了两国之间在学校、家庭生活上的差异。
1. C. 本题考查交流项目的目的，其他三个选项比较片面。
2. B. 注意是双方都同意。agree on 意为“在……取得一致”。
3. B. 从文章最后一段Mike认为在美国“Here we take part in many outside activities.”可知。
4. A. 其他三项比较片面，而且最后一段Mike认为“There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”。
Passage D
本文主要描述了“我”在国外经常做中国菜给外国主人吃，虽然厨艺不精，但还是常受到他们的称赞。另外还举了两个例子体现了中西文化的差异。
1. D. 在国外做中国菜，显然是感到自豪和高兴。
2. C. 从接下来的文字中可以得知是烹饪而不是其他动词。
3. B. 从下文中可以看出“我”是以一种新的方式来做菜。
4. B. 根据上下文，外国人吃“我”做的菜应该是感到有乐趣的。take delight in doing sth.意为“乐于做……”
5. C. 从下文得知外国人喜欢吃“我”做的菜，那“我”的菜应该是好吃的。
6. A. 下文提到了比如“very delicious”,“excellent”，很明显是表达的意思。
7. B. 从下文可以得知是鱼，而不是其他食品。
8. B. “我”自然对自己的作品是满意的。
9. C. 根据下文外国朋友的疑问和惊讶的语气可以选出答案来。
10. D. 前后照应，下文提到了“fish heads are delicious”。
11. A. 这里是加强语气，意为“我”的确知道。
12. B. 根据上下文可以得出答案。
13. B. 因为“我”是中国人，很明显了解中国的习俗。
14. A. 在中国只有受敬重的人才有享用它的荣幸。
15. C. 最后一段讲的是另外一件表现中美文化习惯上的差异的事，应该是有趣的事。
16. C. 根据平时的口语表达可以得出答案。
17. A. 根据上下文得知是买回来后让“我”随便吃。
18. C. 中国的习俗是嘴上可能会说吃，而实际上并不会真的去吃。
19. D. At last“最后”，Above all“最重要的是”, After all“毕竟”, In return“作为回报”。
20. C. 文章最后提到“until all was finished”，很明显他们是从不犹豫。
1. This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods. 这也许有助于防止你在美食面前太过兴奋。(Line 9, Passage B)
要表达“使某人不能做某事”，可用keep sb. from doing sth. ，prevent sb. from doing sth. 或stop sb. from doing sth. 等结构。如：
The church bells keep me from sleeping. 教堂的钟声吵得我睡不着觉。
They stopped me (from) going out of the door. 他们阻止我出门。
What prevented you (from) joining us last night?
昨天晚上什么事使你不能参加我们的晚会?
注意这三个词组中keep sb. from doing sth.中的from不能省，因为keep sb. doing sth. 意为“让某人一直做某事”。
2. It is far too easy by our level. (Line 20, Passage C)
该句中的far 是程度副词，“很；极；大大地”的意思，修饰形容词、副词及其比较级、最高级。
This room is far too warm. 这个房间极热。
She speaks English far better than I. 她英语说得远比我好。
My work is far from finished. 我的工作还远没有结束。
句中的by 表基准，可译为“根据……；按照……”。如：
You must play by the rules. 你们必须按照规则来比赛。
I can see by the expression on your face that you are in trouble.
从你的表情，我可以看得出你有了麻烦。
7.抓主干，理枝叶
长难句增加，是近年高考阅读理解试题不可忽视的现象之一。英语的长句可分为两类：含有数量较多的定语或状语的简单句和含有数量较多的各种从句的并列句或复合句。阅读长句的基本方法是抓主干，理枝叶。抓主干就是抓句子的主体部分，也就是主语和谓语，它们是传达信息的主要载体；理枝叶就是分析句子的附加部分，不论它们有多长，有多复杂，它们都是辅助成分，我们只要明确它们与主体的关系就可以了。如：
The moon is so far from the earth that even if huge trees were growing on the mountains, and elephants were walking about, we could not see them through the most powerful telescopes which have ever been invented.
这个长句的主干就是The moon is far from the earth，其他部分，如状语从句、定语从句等，都是为突出主题服务的。
Passage A
阅读理解
The Winter Olympics, which is also called the White Olympics, were first held as a separate competition in 1924 at ChamonixMontBlanc, France. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great games. The first stamp marking the opening of the White Olympics was issued (发行) on January 25, 1932 in the United States to celebrate the third White Olympics.① From then on, issuing stamps during the White Olympics became a tradition.
To observe the fourth Winter Olympic Games,② a group of stamps were published in Germany in November, 1935. The five rings of the Olympics were printed on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the symbol (象征) appeared on stamps of the Winter Olympics.
In the 1950s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the Winter Olympics came, the host countries as well as the nonhost countries published stamps to mark those games.
China also published four stamps in February, 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to march into the area of the White Olympics.
Japan is the only country in Asia that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise funds(经费) for this sports meet.
Different kinds of sports were printed on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some athletics.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. People have published stamps marking the Winter Olympics____ .
A. since the first White Olympics in 1932
B. when the first Olympics games started
C. since the third Winter Olympics in 1932
D. on the same day of the third Olympics
2. From the passage we can see that____ .
A. the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the Winter Olympics in 1980
B. it was in 1980 that the Chinese began to publish stamps
C. the Chinese began to take part in the Olympics games in the 1980s
D. China held the Winter Olympics in 1980
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The third Winter Olympics opened on January 25, 1932.
B. Publishing stamps is a way of raising money for the sports meet.
C. In Asia only Japan held the Winter Olympics.
D. In the 1950s all the countries published stamps to mark the games.
难句注释
① The first stamp marking the opening of the White Olympics was issued on January 25, 1932 in the United States to celebrate the third White Olympics.
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为了庆祝第3届冬季奥运会，纪念其开幕的第一枚邮票于1932年1月25日在美国发行。
② to observe the fourth Winter Olympic Games 为了庆祝第四届冬季奥运会。
observe意为“举行；庆祝”。
Passage B
阅读理解
Today, roller skating (旱冰) is easy and fun, and it is popular throughout the world. People roller skate outside on paths and roads, and inside in rinks. But a long time ago, it wasnt easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didnt exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man full of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball (化装舞会). He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance (隆重出场) at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself fool.① Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.②
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces.③ Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time!
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The text is mainly about____.
A. a strange man
B. an unusual party
C. how roller skating began
D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century
2. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he____ .
A. often gave others surprises B. was a gifted (有天赋的) musician
C. invented the roller skates D. was full of imagination
3. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to .
A. draw the guests attention B. arrive at the party sooner
C. test his invention D. show his skill in walking on wheels
4. What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?
A. The roller skates needed further improvement.
B. The party guests took Merlin for a fool.
C. Merlin succeeded beyond expectation(超出预料).
D. Merlin got himself into trouble.
难句注释
① Merlin tried different ways to make himself fool.
默林尝试不同的方法使自己看起来有点滑稽。
Total words:261
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
默林为他的发明感到非常骄傲，并且梦想滑着轮子演奏小提琴出现在晚会现场。
be proud of 因 …… 骄傲
dream of doing sth.梦想做某事
③ Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces.
镜子掉了下来，摔成了碎片。
Passage C
阅读理解
Dwight W. Morrow was an American ambassador (大使) to Mexico during the 1920s. He is remembered as a smart diplomat (外交家).① He is also remembered by his family and friends for his absentmindedness (心不在焉).
Once while on a train, a conductor came to Morrow, asking for his ticket. He began to search his pockets. No ticket appeared. Morrow began searching his suitcase. “Never mind, sir.” said the conductor, seeing how anxious Morrow was becoming and trying to comfort (安慰) him. “When you find your ticket just post it to the station. I'm sure you have it somewhere.”
“I'm sure, too.” said the diplomat as he went on with his search. “But I must find it. I need to know where I'm going!”
Another time Morrow got off a train in New York and hurried to a telegraph office, where, feeling not unlike a small boy who had got lost,② he sent the following to his secretary: “I am in New York but dont know why.” Within minutes came the short reply: “You are not supposed to be in New York. You should be in Princeton giving a lecture.”
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. The passage mainly shows Morrow's ____.
A. cleverness as a diplomat B. foolishness
C. sense of humor (幽默感) D. absentmindedness
2. Morrow was very upset (不安) when he couldnt find the ticket because____.
A. he had forgotten where he was going
B. he would be punished if he couldnt show his ticket
C. the conductor looked impatient(不耐烦的)
D. the conductor might think he was lying
3. When Morrow got off the train in New York, ____.
A. he forgot the address
B. he forget his suitcase
C. he did not know that he was in a wrong city
D. his secretary wasnt there to meet him
难句注释
① He is remembered as a smart diplomat.
在别人的记忆中，他是个精明的外交家。
Total words:202
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② ...feeling not unlike a small boy who
had got lost... 感觉不啻于一个迷路的小男孩……
Passage D
完形填空
“A robbery (抢劫案)...” a voice came from the radio. John was driving home late last night from a trip, and now he was having trouble staying 1 .① He turned 2 the radio and tried to fix his attention on the 3 , but his eyes kept on closing.
It was 4 that he noticed the hitchhiker (搭便车者) by the road.② 5 even thinking about what he was doing, he stopped the car.
“To Midrille?” “Get in.” The hitchhiker got in and immediately John was 6 that he had picked him up. The young man 7 a strange face and long hair. When John asked him questions about himself, he changed the 8 .
John 9 the news. He began to sweat (出汗) and his thoughts 10 nervously (紧张地) to all the money he was 11 .
At the next small town he stopped his car and said, “Im sorry. Im so 12 that I cant drive you to Midrille. I think Ill find a 13 and spend the night.”
The young man slowly 14 into his pocket. “This is it!” thought John. At that 15 moment he considered shouting for help, but instead of a gun, the hitchhiker pulled out several 16 . “Oh, no. I don't want your money. Just get out. Okay?”
The young man looked 17 . He insisted on 18 John the money. John watched until his 19 had disappeared from sight, then stepped on the 20 and drove out of town.③
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. asleep B. early C. strong D. awake
2. A. on B. off C. up D. over
3. A. outside B. news C. speed D. way
4. A. there B. earlier C. then D. moment
5. A. Without B. After C. By D. For
6. A. happy B. sad C. angry D. sorry
7. A. wore B. owned C. had D. made
8. A. place B. subject C. question D. face
9. A. remembered B. thought C. heard D. forgot
10. A. got B. arrived C. changed D. turned
11. A. paying B. having C. carrying D. borrowing
12. A. afraid B. hungry C. cold D. sleepy
13. A. restaurant B. shop C. hotel D. station
14. A. reached B. forced C. got D. put
15. A. important B. very C. long D. short
16. A. knives B. photos C. handkerchiefs D. bills
17. A. frightened B. puzzled C. worried D. curious
18. A. giving B. offering C. handing D. returning
19. A. driver B. friend C. passenger D. thief
20. A. door B. gas C. window D. motor
难句注释
①...and now he was having trouble staying awake. 现在他很难保持清醒。
② It was then that he noticed the hitchhiker by the road.
就在那时他注意到马路边有个搭便车者。
此句是It is/was...that...的强调句型。
③ John watched until his passenger had disappeared from sight, then stepped on the gas and drove out of town.
约翰一直注视着他的乘客直到他消失在视线之外，然后踩足油门驶出了小镇。
Passage A
本文介绍了为庆祝冬季奥运会的召开，各国常发行一些纪念邮票。
1. C. 根据文章的第三句可知。
2. A. 中国在1980年第一次参加冬奥会。
3. D. 其他三项原文都有提到。
Passage B
本文介绍了滑旱冰这一体育运动的由来。
1. C. 本文的话题是旱冰运动的起源。
2. D. 一个充满梦想的人。
3. A. 目的是为了引人注目。
4. C. 根据“Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time!”可知Merlin取得了超出他预想的成功。
Passage C
本文介绍了一位精明的外交家心不在焉的两个轶事，从侧面反映其不拘小节。
1. D. 根据本文所举的几个例子可以看出本文主要讲Morrow的absentmindedness。
2. A. 从“I need to know where Im going!”可得出正确答案。
3. C. 本文最后一句话表明了这一点。 be supposed to...应该……
Passage D
本文记叙了John在旅行回家途中让一个人搭便车，却误认为他会抢劫而在半路让其下车的事。
1. D. stay awake 指“保持清醒的状态”，下文有暗示。
2. C. 开大音量以驱去睡意。注意收音机已开。
3. B. 收音机播放有关抢劫的新闻。
4. C. 强调时间“then”，意为“就在那时候”。
5. A. without thinking 意为“不假思索”。外国人有让人搭便车的习惯。
6. D. 他立刻觉得后悔了。
7. C. had此处意为“长着……”。
8. B. subject 意为“谈话的主题”。改变话题。
9. A. 记起了刚才的新闻。
10. D. 思想转向身上的钱。
11. C. carry意为“携带的”。
12. D. 根据第一小节中“he was having trouble staying awake”得出sleepy (瞌睡的)。
13. C. 根据后文的“spend the night”来推测应是找“旅馆”。
14. A. reach into his pocket意为“把手伸进口袋”。
15. B. very在此处用来加强语气，意为“正是；就是”。
16. D. bill意为“纸币”，英国人常用note。
17. B. looked puzzled意为“看上去迷惑不解”。他不明白为什么司机不要他的钱。
18. A. giving意为“给”；offering意为“主动提供”，往往是出于帮助而行善。
19. C. 此空格根据his应选passenger意为“他的乘客”。
20. B. step on the gas意为“踩油门”
1. When the Winter Olympics came, the host countries as well as the nonhost countries published stamps to mark those games. 当冬季奥运会来临时，主办国以及非主办国都要发行邮票来纪念冬奥会。(Line 17, Passage A)
英语中可用as well as来表示“也；和”的概念。如：
The meeting is important for you as well as for me.
这个会议对我重要对你也重要。
Small towns as well as big cities are developing quickly.
小镇和城市一样都在迅速地发展。
A as well as B 重点在A，因此该结构作主语时，谓语动词要随A的人称、数而变化。如：
His children as well as his wife were invited to the party.
不但他太太，连他的孩子们都被邀参加了那次聚会。
词组as well作“也”讲时，通常只出现在句尾。如：
He sent me a letter and some money as well.
他寄给我一封信，外加一些钱。
2. Down fell the mirror, breaking into pieces. 镜子掉了下来，跌成碎片。(Line 17, Passage B)
以out, in, up, down, off, away等副词开头，谓语是go, come, leave, fall等表示“移动”的动词时，常用倒装结构。
Away went the crowd one by one. 人们一个一个地离去。
In came a stranger in black. 进来了一位穿黑衣的陌生人。
Down went the small boat. 小船沉下去了。
但主语如果是人称代词，则用正常语序。如：
Out she went. 她走了。
8.整体理解
我们常遇到这样的情况：句子都能看懂，但读完文章印象却不深。这就牵涉到对文章的整体理解。首先，我们要重视文章的题目和首句。文章的题目是文章的主题，文章的内容就是围绕这一主题展开的；而首句是文章的导入，点明作者写作意图或写作背景。文章的每个段落的首句和尾句也是整体理解的关键，首句是开篇明义，而尾句常常是画龙点睛。
因此，我们在阅读时要养成这样一个习惯：见了文章的题目，要停顿一下，想一想这篇文章大概写的什么。阅读时，要特别注意每段的第一句与最后一句，并用心记住。读完全文后要将全文的主要内容快速回忆一下，这样既把握了文章的主要内容和框架结构，又学会了作者的逻辑推理的方法，从而更好地理解这篇文章。
Passage A
阅读理解
On October 12, 1989, some British scientists were working at the computers to look for the information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright points crossing the computers screens. At the same time the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror (恐怖), they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses (病毒) ! Clearly all these computers had been infected (感染) by computer viruses.
It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. ① They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence (才能) . These kinds of computer viruses are named Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack (袭击) the computers by lowering the functions (功能) , damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information. ②
We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Friday and that they are spreading (传播) to a lot of computers. Among the countries that were attacked by computer viruses last year are Britain, Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. When the viruses attack the computers, the computers will work____ .
A. normally B. slowly C. faster D. well
2. The group of young men created the viruses to ____ .
A. damage the computers
B. test their ability
C. tell people that they were intelligent
D. play a trick on users of the computers
3. According to the passage, computer viruses seem to ____.
A. have been in nature for years
B. stay in any computers
C. be difficult to get rid of at present
D. be able to be got rid of in the near future
4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Last year four countries found their computer were infected by viruses.
B. The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time.
C. Scientists are trying to find a way to get rid of the viruses.
D. The Jerusalem Viruses are dangerous to human health.
难句注释
① It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks.据说计算机病毒是由一群喜欢搞恶作剧的年轻人制造出来的。
Total words:239
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions, damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information. 当时机到来时，它们就会通过减弱计算机的功能、破坏它们的程序甚至删除所有的信息来攻击计算机。
Passage B
阅读理解
Mr Jackson lived in the centre of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. ① Sometimes he had to use the body language to “talk” with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who learned a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn't easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. ② He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the diningroom. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was walking around there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr Jackson thought to himself, “The man wants to eat something but he doesnt know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “Im hungry”.
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Mr Jackson knew only English because____ .
A. he was an English student
B. he had never been abroad
C. he couldn't learn by himself
D. he hadn't studied any foreign languages
2. As not all foreigners understood his gestures, sometimes Mr Jackson ____ to communicate with them.
A. succeeded B. feared
C. failed D. gave up
3. The Japanese thought ____ , so he gave him two pounds.
A. Mr Jackson was a beggar (乞丐)
B. Mr Jackson was a translator
C. Mr Jackson could help him
D. Mr Jackson could ring his wife up
难句注释
① He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors.
他除了英语其他什么语言都不懂，而且他发现自己很难听懂外国游客说些什么。
Total words:250
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary.
他的朋友建议他把有用的表达方式记在笔记本上，以便在必要的时候可以运用。
Passage C
阅读理解
Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle (口哨) language.① We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys (峡谷) on the island. A person on one side of a valley can not easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard. Some of the best whistlers can be heard from four miles away and the record is seven miles. The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle (放牛) on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country.② But on Comera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. If a person on Comera island is ill, ____.
A. others will phone the doctors in town
B. the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor
C. his family will take him to the hospital
D. people will take him to town by carriage
2. From this passage we know radio and TV ____ at that time.
A. killed the special way of speaking
B. whistled all the news and opinions
C. helped Comera people to communicate
D. did not appear on Comera island yet
3. Comera island is special in that____ .
A. many visitors go there every year
B. no visitors have ever been there
C. people there have special ears to hear whistles
D. people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. It is not easy for a person to live on Comera island if he cannot whistle.
B. The whistle language can only be found in Comera.
C. The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer.
D. The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others seven miles away.
难句注释
① Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle language.
Comera是世界上惟一使用口哨语言的地方。
Total words:313
Reading time:____
Reading speed: ____
② Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country.
收音机和电视机的使用常常会使一个国家的不同地区的特殊讲话方式彻底消失。
Passage D
完形填空
A welldressed man entered a famous jewelry (珠宝) shop one day. He 1 to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife’s birthday. The 2 didn't matter, since business had been good for him that year.①
After 3 a number of beautiful and expensive pearls, he chose 4 black one. It would 5 5,000 dollars. He paid, took the black pearl, shook hands with the salesman and left.
A few days later, the man 6 and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like this. It 7 be exactly the same size and quality (质量), 8 she wanted to have a 9 of earrings.
The salesman seemed 10 . Then the man suggested that the salesman advertise (登广告) in the newspaper to 11 S｜25,000 for such a pearl.② So the salesman did.
Many people 12 the advertisement (广告), but nobody 13 a pearl which was just the right size and quality. Just when the jeweler had given up, a little old lady came into his 14 . She took out one such black pearl 15 her purse.
“I don't like to 16 with the pearl,” she said sadly. “It was given to me by my mother, who had received it from her 17 mother. But I really need the 18.”
The salesman was very glad and quickly paid her for the pearl. Then he called the 19 to tell him the good news. However, the man could never be 20 . Clever readers, can you guess why?
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. reported B. said C. wished D. knew
2. A. color B. design C. price D. size
3. A. examining B. checking C. testing D. watching
4. A. a big B. a good C. an expensive D. an unusual
5. A. cost B. pay C. worth D. buy
6. A. arrived B. came C. returned D. stopped
7. A. could B. might C. should D. had to
8. A. as B. if C. though D. when
9. A. box B. lot C. number D. pair
10. A. jobless B. homeless C. helpless D. careless
11. A. ask B. give C. offer D. pay
12. A. answered B. liked C. read D. saw
13. A. bought B. had C. sold D. wanted
14. A. room B. house C. office D. shop
15. A. from B. of C. off D. with
16. A. deal B. go C. part D. talk
17. A. dear B. poor C. old D. own
18. A. price B. money C. pound D. interest
19. A. old lady’s office B. rich man’s hotel C. his neighbor’s house D. television station
20. A. found B. bought C. paid D. heard
难句注释
① The price didnt matter, since business had been good for him that year.
因为那年他生意做得很好，所以价格对他来说不成问题。
② Then the man suggested that the salesman advertise in the newspaper to offer S｜25,000 for such a pearl.
然后那个人建议珠宝商在报纸上登一则广告，说提供25000 美元买这样的一颗珍珠。
Passage A
从一九八三年计算机病毒首次被确认以来，至今全世界已发现近数万种病毒。本文介绍了一种被称为Jerusalem Viruses的计算机病毒的产生背景、发作时间及其后果。
1. B. 感染病毒的计算机速度减慢。
2. C. 由 “just to show their intelligence” 推知。
3. C. 本文最后一句暗示，现在人们还未找到消除计算机病毒的好办法。
4. C. 科学家们正在想办法消除病毒。
Passage B
本文讲述了Mr Jackson 学习使用外语的幽默故事。
1. D. 从“He didnt know any other language but English.”可以看出他没学过外语。
2. C. 根据“he was often misunderstood”可知，Mr Jackson 有时不能正确地和外国朋友交谈。fail to do意为“ 不能做某事”。
3. A. 根据文章的最后一句话可猜出这位日本人的想法。
Passage C
本文讲述了Comera岛是全世界惟一一个运用口哨语言的地方，这种传统已有几百年并且还将继续流传下去。
1. B. 由第二段可知，如果在哪个地方有人受伤或生病的话，人们会用口哨语言通知医生。
2. D. 由本文最后一句可知，这个地方还没有收音机或电视机。
3. D. Comera island之所以特殊是因为当地的人用口哨语言来互相交流。
4. C. 根据第三段第一句话可知C选项与作者观点相悖。
Passage D
本文讲述了一个人精心策划骗局来骗钱的故事。
1. C. 他想给妻子买生日礼物。
2. C. 价格对他来说不成问题。
3. A. 这里examine是“仔细看”的意思。
4. D. 根据下文可知，这粒黑珍珠是与众不同的，很难找到一样的另外一粒。C选项 “贵的”不一定与众不同，也许很容易再找到一样的一粒。
5. A. 用cost或be worth来表示价格。
6. C. 动词return 此处为“又回到该店”。
7. D. 此处应选 had to，因为两个耳环必须得一样。
8. A. 这里用as引导一个原因状语从句。
9. D. a pair of earrings意为“一副耳环”。
10. C. helpless 意为“无能为力”，因为从上下文中得知，珍珠不同寻常，很难寻到一样的。
11. C. offer 意为“报价；提供”。
12. A. answer 此处意为“应(广告)”。
13. B. 没人有与这一样的珍珠。
14. D. 根据文章第一句中的“jewelry shop”可得答案。
15. A. 从钱包中取出一粒。
16. C. part with 意为“与……分离”。
17. D. 两代相传下来。
18. B. 卖珍珠当然是为了钱。
19. B. 只有hotel和这个rich man有关。
20. A. 原来是一场骗局。
1. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses! 使他们惊恐的是，他们发现大部分储存的信息都被计算机病毒清除了。(Line 6, Passage A)
to one's horror使某人感到恐怖的是。类似的短语还有：
to one's joy 使某人高兴的是 to one's surprise 使某人惊讶的是
to one's sadness 使某人悲哀的是to one's delight 使某人高兴的是
To my surprise, she was the mother of two children.
令我惊讶的是，她是两个孩子的妈妈。
To her parents joy, she won the first prize for her composition.
使她父母高兴的是，她的作文得了一等奖。
2. Sometimes he had to use the body language to “talk” with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. 有时他不得不使用肢体语言来和他们交谈，想方设法把自已的意思讲明白。(Line 3, Passage B)
make himself understood 让人明白。使役动词make后接动词ed形式做宾语补足语表示被动意义。类似的结构还有make oneself heard，make oneself seen等。如：
He raised his voice to make himself heard. 他提高声音以便别人能听见。
Mary stood on her chair to make herself seen.
玛丽站在椅子上以让别人能看见她。
9.推理
推理是在理解文章表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定的判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义的方法。有时作者并未把意图说出来，我们可根据字面意思，通过研究语篇的逻辑关系和细节的暗示，来推敲作者的态度，进行深层理解。推理是一种创造性的思维活动。
由于推理是在已知的基础上来推断未知的，因此我们必须忠实于原文，要以文章提供的事实和线索为依据来进行推理和判断，不能凭空想象，随意揣测，把自己的臆断强加给作者。正确推理包括这几个方面：①弄清作者的意图，以及写作的缘由。②分析材料所提供的信息。③注意字、词的原意及引申含意。④根据句子的含意推断作者的言外之意。总之，只有吃透文章的字面意思，推理才有前提和基础。
Passage A
阅读理解
Millions of years ago there were many types of dinosaurs on earth. Most dinosaurs were planteaters. The Apatosaurus, for example, had a long thin neck so that it could eat leaves from trees. Other dinosaurs were meateaters. The Tyrannosaurus Rex killed smaller dinosaurs for food.
Dinosaurs were real animals that once lived on the earth, but they died out about 65 million years ago. The disappearance of the dinosaurs is in some way a great mystery (谜).① Some scientists think that the climate (气候) changed suddenly. Fossils (化石) of trees tell us that the temperature dropped a lot and that the level of the sea dropped as well. ② This means that it got suddenly much colder. Perhaps the dinosaurs were too slow to change with the climate.
A new idea is that a meteor (流星) crashed into the earth. Scientists discovered a place in Mexico where they think the meteor crashed. They think that there was a lot of dust from the meteor. The dust landed on the plants. Also the dust blocked (阻挡) the sun's light for as long as five years. Many animals, including dinosaurs, were planteaters, and perhaps the dust killed them. This means there was nothing left for meateating dinosaurs to eat, and so they died out. But, as many animals from that time didnt die, we are not 100% sure what really happened.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. Dinosaurs, the real animals living millions of years ago.
B. The two types of dinosaurs.
C. The probable reasons for dinosaurs disappearance.
D. A meteor crashed into the earth.
2. What are the two possible explanations to the dinosaurs disappearance?
A. Temperature dropping and sea level dropping.
B. Climate changing and meteor's crashing.
C. The dropping of temperature and sea level.
D. Climate changing and the dust blocking the sun.
3. What is the direct cause of the disappearance of meateating dinosaurs?
A. A meteor's crashing.
B. The dust blocking the sun.
C. The planteating dinosaurs death.
D. It is still unknown.
难句注释
①The disappearance of the dinosaurs is in some way a great mystery.
恐龙的消失在某种程度上说还是个谜。
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②Fossils of trees tell us that the temperature dropped a lot and that the level of the sea dropped as well.
树木的化石告诉我们气温大大地降低了, 海平面也降低了。
Passage B
阅读理解
The elephant is the biggest fourlegged animal in the world. It is also, perhaps, the gentlest (温顺的), but not always!
Elephants are like us in some ways. They live for a long time ― fifty or sixty years. They can remember things very well. They never forget great sadness or great happiness. If a female(雌性的)elephant dies, her daughters and her grand daughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead body. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a dead friend.
Elephants are like us, but they are also different. They live in families of females. There will be a few young males ― a few “baby boys”. But the females will soon send them away. An elephant family keeps only its daughters, mothers and its great grandmothers.
The females stay together for fifty, sixty...a hundred years. The older animals look after the younger ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.①
And what happens to male(雄性的)elephants? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must leave the family. The females just send them away. A male elephant does not often have a friend. He lives apart away from the family,② and often away from other male elephants. Sometimes the females call a male elephant. He can visit them then, and stay for a time. But soon his “wife” and sisters send him away again. The females have a very happy family life. What do the male elephants think about it? We don't know.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. In the elephant family, there are ____.
A. females and, sometimes, a few young males
B. parents who live together
C. only bulls with their male friends
D. parents and all their babies living happily
2. An adult male elephant often ____.
A. lives together with his “wife”
B. lives by himself
C. has many female friends
D. has many male friends
3. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Elephant
B. The Fourlegged Animal
C. The Female Elephant
D. The Elephant’s Family
难句注释
①set a good example
树立一个好的榜样。
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②He lives apart away from the family.
他不和家人生活在一起。
Passage C
阅读理解
Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.
Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.①
Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.
Animals are more than just beautiful and interesting.② They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature (生态平衡). Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.
For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied(繁殖)quickly.
Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.
Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid (禁止) the killing of any animals or plants on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. Animals are important to us mainly because____ .
A. they give us a source of food
B. they are beautiful and lovely
C. they keep the balance of nature
D. they give us a lot of pleasure
2. What has happened to the animals on the earth?
A. Hundreds of kinds of animals have disappeared forever.
B. Many kinds of animals have died out.
C. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever.
D. All kinds of animals are in danger.
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People care much about animals because they need them.
B. Once a certain kind of animals is gone forever, there will never be any more.
C. Killing all rats and mice may cause some problems.
D. People must not kill any animals.
4. What can we infer from the fact that quite a few countries have passed laws protecting animals in danger?
A. Every person will know the importance of protecting wild animals.
B. Animals in danger will not be killed any more.
C. The number of some animals in danger will increase.
D. Animals in danger will be kept away from people.
难句注释
①About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.
仅美国就有大约170种动物濒临灭绝。
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②Animals are more than just beautiful and interesting.
动物不仅只是漂亮有趣。
more than 超过，不仅仅。
Passage D
完形填空
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 1 .
Today things are 2 , the world has become too 3 .We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are 4 our environment with dangerous chemicals (化学制品). If we continue to do this, human life on the earth 5 survive.
Everyone 6 today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left.① Yet, with modern fishing 7 , more and more fishes are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 8 will disappear and nothing will grow on the earth. Yet we 9 to use bigger and more powerful machines to 10 more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish will die. 11 , in most countries wastes are 12 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 13 laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 14 of the world continues to rise at the present rate②, in a few years there will not be enough 15 . What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less 16 ,there will be more food available(可用的)for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops 17 five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will 18 longer if we learn to recycle(循环再用)them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 19 .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 20 in the future.
根据文章内容，选择正确答案：
1. A. beautiful B unlimited C unusual D valuable
2. A. common B. the same C. changeable D. different
3. A. crowded B. small C. dirty D. busy
4. A. protecting B. saving C. polluting D. fighting
5. A. may not B. will not C. shall not D. could not
6. A. wonders B. realizes C. considers D. discovers
7. A. poles B. boats C. methods D. ideas
8. A. mountains B. the sea C. trees D. forests
9. A. continue B. have C. ought D. go on
10. A. grow B. plant C. save D. cut down
11. A. Thus B. However C. Generally D. Therefore
12. A. still B. even C. also D. certainly
13. A. many B. none C. some D. few
14. A. production B. pollution C. population D. development
15. A. houses B. vegetables C. food D. places
16 . A fruit B. meat C. fish D. grain
17. A. feeds B. increases C. supplies D. helps
18. A. use B. stay C. keep D. last
19. A. control B. born C. plan D. pay
20. A. nature B. sea C. planet D. forest
难句注释
①If too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left.
如果从海洋里捕捉过多的鱼, 不久将不再有鱼剩下了。
②at the present rate
以目前的比率
Passage A
本文提出恐龙灭绝的两种观点：一是气候变化，二是陨石撞击地球引起的灰尘挡住阳光导致植物死亡。
1. C. 文章第二、三两段分别提出恐龙灭绝的两种观点。
2. B. 导致恐龙灭绝可能的两种观点：一是气候变化，二是陨石。
3. D. 根据文章作者的口气(perhaps, are not 100% sure)判断恐龙的死因还没有一个准确的说法。
Passage B
本文主要讲述了陆地上最大的动物——大象与人类的相同、不同之处以及大象家族的组成情况。
1. A. 根据文章可知，大象家族主要是由母象和幼象组成。
2. B. 从上下文得知，成年公象单独生活。
3. D. 本文主要介绍了一些大象家族的组成情况。
Passage C
本文主要讲述了动物在生态平衡中的重要性，教育人们不要滥杀动物。
1. C. 每一种动物在生态平衡中都有自己适当的位置。
2. B. 从第二段中可看出thousands of动物已经灭绝。
3. C. 选项D太绝对。
4. C. 从最后一段中可看出, 一些国家由于通过了一些法律，濒危动物的数量会增加得比较慢。
Passage D
本文分析了环境污染的原因并介绍了营造干净美好世界的一些举措。
1. B. 根据下句可知，过去自然资源似乎是取之不尽的，所以用unlimited。
2. D. 今昔对比，现在的情况不同了。
3. A. 下文提到人口增长过快，世界变得拥挤了。
4. C. 用危险的化学药品污染环境。
5. B. 如果我们继续这么做，人类将无法生存。
6. B. 由第四段第一句话可知，每个人都意识到……
7. C. 捕鱼方法。
8. D. 滥砍滥伐导致森林消失。
9. A. 然而人们“继续”我行我素。这里Yet表示转折。
10. D. cut down 意为“砍伐”。
11. B. 用however表示转折。
12. A. 仍然。
13. D. and表示递进，“没有多少法律来制止这一点。”
14. C. 根据下文得知，话题已转向“人口”问题。
15. C. 人口增长将导致无法解决的粮食问题。
16. B. 从下一句中出现的“animals are kept”可知是meat。
17. A. feed 有“喂养”的意思。
18. D. 自然资源将持续更久。
19. A. 人口出生率的控制。
20. C. 一个更好更干净的星球。
1. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. 然后它们会将大象尸体上的一小部分带走。(Line 6, Passage B)
注意a bit 和a little的区别：
两者都可接形容词或副词的原级或比较级，意为“一些；一点”。如：
Your trousers are a bit/little short. 你的裤子稍微短了一点。
This book is a bit/little more interesting than that one. 这本书比那本书有趣。
但后接名词时，a bit后需加of；而a little不必。如 a little water 或 a bit of water。
Ive got a little/a bit of shopping to do. 我得去买点东西。
在否定句中两者意思完全不一样：
not a bit 一点也不。如：I am not a bit tired. 我一点也不累。
not a little 非常。如：I am not a little tired. 我非常累。
2. Everyone realizes today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. 现在大家都意识到如果过多地捕捉海洋里的鱼类，就将不再有鱼剩下了。(Line 7, Passage D)
too many后接可数名词。如：We can't cut dwon too many trees. 我们不能滥砍树木。
too much后接不可数名词。如：He drank too much beer last night. 他昨晚喝了太多的酒。
too much 还有“过分；过量”的意思。如：
The work is too much for him. 这工作他干不了。
要会区分too much和much too这两个短语。much too后面常跟形容词、副词，表示“实在太”。如：
That music is much too loud; turn the radio down
那音乐太响了。把声音调低点。
