King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He oft

King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He oft

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King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked ___36___ which were strange. His people had to use words in a ___37___ way to answer these questions.
Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. ___38___ he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Bridal entered the palace. Birbal ___39___ the habit of the king. He understood the ___40___ at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can ____41___ for an answer?”
Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”
___42___ even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so ___43____?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, “Make your men ___44___, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find ___45___ crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wise answer.
小题1:
A.questionsB.helpC.promisesD.advice
小题2:
A.commonB.friendlyC.cleverD.silent
小题3:
A.ThoughB.BecauseC.IfD.As
小题4:
A.knewB.developedC.hatedD.doubted
小题5:
A.orderB.informationC.dangerD.situation
小题6:
A.askB.waitC.tryD.reach
小题7:
A.beforeB.withoutC.ThroughD.In
小题8:
A.smartB.braveC.funnyD.sure
小题9:
A.catchB.discussC.countD.visit
小题10:
A.fewerB.largerC.fasterD.older

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
解析
短文大意:这篇短文主要介绍了国王阿卡巴经常问他的国民一些奇怪的问题,因此人们不得不想出各种方法来回答。一天当他问出一个奇怪的问题之后,波贝尔正好赶上,并巧妙地回答了他的问题,国王对这个答案很满意。
小题1:联系下文to answer these questions.描述,可知此处指的是问问题,故选A,问题。
小题2:形容词辨析。A.共同的,普通的;B. 友好的;C. 聪明的;D. 沉默地。结合语境可知此处指的是人们不得不用一种聪明的方式来回答他的问题。故选C。
小题3:连词辨析。A. 虽然,尽管;B. 因为;C.是否,如果;D. 随着,当……时。结合语境可知此处指的是,当他看的时候,故选D。
小题4:动词辨析。39. A. 知道;B. 发展;C. 憎恨;D. 怀疑。联系下文描述,可知他知道国王这个习惯。故选A。
小题5:联系前文描述,可知此处指的是他立即明白了当时的情形,故选D,情况,形势。
小题6:动词辨析。41. A. 问,要求;B. 等待;C.尝试;D. 达到,伸出。联系上下文,可知此处指的是我可以尝试回答一下吗?故选C。
小题7:介词辨析。A. 在……之前;B. 没有;C. 通过;D. 后接一段时间,表示在多久之后。联系下文,可知此处指的是甚至连一刻钟都没想,故选B,没有。
小题8:结合语境可知国王问的是,你为何如此确定?故选D,确信的。
小题9:动词辨析。A. 捕捉,赶上;B. 讨论;C. 数;D. 参观,访问。结合语境可知此处指的是让人数一数,故选C。
小题10:联系前一句描述,可知此处指的是更少的乌鸦。故选A,更少的。
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Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置) which uses satellites (卫星) to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates(计算) its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
小题1:According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people __________.
A.can’t be lost in a new city
B.can’t find their way in different countries
C.can learn about the culture of an unknown place
D.can spend the least time getting to another place
小题2:We can learn from the passage that ____________.
A.there are three parts to the GPS
B.a GPS can’t be put into a watch
C.a GPS can help you start your car
D.the GPS are becoming more and more expensive
小题3:The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means “____________”.
A.ReceiversB.GPS devicesC.SatellitesD.Ground stations
小题4:The passage is mainly about _______________.
A.the history of the GPSB.the introduction of the GPS
C.the shape of the GPSD.the three parts of the GPS
小题5:What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A.All GPS devices have electronic maps.
B.People in many countries will use the GPS for free.
C.The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites.
D.The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.

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Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light wares in the form of colors, the ear and the eye Curs these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.
The ears and brain have an Amazing amities to recognize(识别)particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.
The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.
After hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.
小题1:Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?
a. The ears receive the sound waves.
b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.
c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.
d. The baby’s cry ravels in the form of sound waves
e. The brain connects the signals to the information in me memory.
A.d-a-c-b-eB.d-a-c-e-bC.a-d-c-b-eD.a-d-c-e-b
小题2: Certain words or songs can change tarpon’s moods mainly because of his         .
A.lifestyle B.personalityC.experiences D.hobbies
小题3:According to the last paragraph, It will be the most difficult for a person who has lost the hearing in one ear to tell         .
A.where the source of a sound isB.how loud a sound is
C.when a sound starts to appearD.what makes a sound
小题4:What is the best title for this passage?
A.Human Brain’s Amazing Facts
B.Human Hearing Characteristics
C.How to improve Hearing
D.How Do Humans Hear

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When you look up into the sky at night, have you ever felt that your eyes are playing tricks on (捉弄) you? It seems that the stars are moving all the time.
Actually, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. This twinkling effect is called scintillation (交光). Scintillation happens because of air movements in the earth’s atmosphere (大气). Light is “bent (弯曲的)” when it travels through different parts of the earth’s atmosphere. As the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving all the time, the light from the stars looks as if it is moving too.
The same thing also happens to things on the ground. On a very hot and shiny day, if you look at the road, the image in the distance is not clear and things move slightly. You can also see the same effect if you drop a rock into water. The rock appears a little unclear under the moving water.
This twinkling effect causes a lot of problems for astronomers (天文学家) since they cannot observe the stars clearly. A telescope (望远镜) was sent into space so that the air movements in the atmosphere could be avoided (避免). It took a long time to build the space telescope but finally in 1990, a huge space telescope called the Hubble Space Telescope was successfully sent into space. Since then, astronomers have many important observations that have helped people understand space better.
根据短文内容,选择最佳选项。 (10分)
小题1:What happens to the light from the stars we see when the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving?
A.It looks even brighter.
B.It looks as if it is bent.
C.It looks as if it is moving.
D.It looks like drops of rain.
小题2:Scintillation also happens on      according to the passage.
A.rainy daysB.shiny days
C.cloudy daysD.windy days
小题3:What can you see when you drop a rock into the water?
A.The rock gets broken.
B.The rock becomes unclear.
C.The water becomes much polluted.
D.The water does not move anymore.
小题4:The underlined word “observe” means “    ”.
A.watchB.listenC.drawD.explain
小题5:Why is scintillation a problem for astronomers?
A.The stars never stay still.
B.It makes the stars too dark to see.
C.It makes astronomers feel too hot to work.
D.Astronomers cannot observe the stars clearly.

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Should we be afraid of sharks? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones (骨头). It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attack attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.
小题1:What happens to people attacked by sharks?
A.Most of them because blind.B.Most of them because of deaf.
C.Most of them died.D.Most of them are still alive.
小题2:How do sharks find out about an unusual object according to the passage?
A.By biting.B.By smelling.
C.By touching.D.By killing.
小题3:Which sentence about sharks is true?
A.Sharks pull meat off bones when they eat.
B.Sharks might mistake humans for seals.
C.Sharks like to attack surfers because of their thick fat.
D.One bite from a shark is nothing serious.
小题4:What would the author write the passage mainly for?
A.To tell surfers to stay away from sharks.
B.To ask people to stop killing sharks.
C.To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people.
D.To show that humans are much stronger than sharks.

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The best thing to start your day is a good breakfast. There are different  36  of breakfasts around the world.
“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper(穷人).”  37   the old saying tells us, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It   38  us with energy after a long night without food.
If people don’t have breakfast in the morning, they will feel tired and get angry easily. Breakfast helps children stay more focused in school. A study showed that children who eat breakfast regularly score   39  in most subjects.
Breakfast is also important for weight loss. If you have a balanced breakfast, you will eat
  40  throughout the day.
A healthy and   41  breakfast should include some protein(蛋白质) like eggs, milk or a little meat, which makes you energetic all day.
Carbohydrates(碳水化合物)like rice or bread can keep you active. Vegetables and fruit
  42  the vitamins that humans need.
  43  ,in China, breakfast is different from region to region. Porridge with pickles(咸菜),baozi, noodles, soybean milk and youtiao are common throughout the   44  country. Although Western culture has influenced China a lot, most people still  45  traditional Chinese breakfast. They think that porridge and noodles are not only easily digested(消化), but also can provide enough energy in the morning.
小题1:
A.waysB.typesC.rulesD.methods
小题2:
A.SoB.ThoughC.AsD.When
小题3:
A.providesB.givesC.offersD.has
小题4:
A.lowerB.lessC.higherD.more
小题5:
A.less B.fewerC.moreD.much
小题6:
A.experiencedB.balancedC.excitedD.different
小题7:
A.hasB.haveC.is D.are
小题8:
A.Therefore B.ThusC.Because D.However
小题9:
A.allB.oneC.whole D.total
小题10:
A.dislikeB.knowC.wantD.prefer

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