Passage 2When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green
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Passage 2
When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.
All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “mislead” you sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.
Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
Clever uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!
小题1:The underlined word “mislead” means _____.| A．affects | B．effects | | C．causes someone to have a wrong idea | D．give wrong directions |
小题2:We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in _____.| A．light blue or light green | B．deep red or deep brown | | C．deep orange or deep red | D．light green or light yellow |
小题3:If you want to ______, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.| A．weigh something with your hands | B．study attentively | | C．face the lake or the sea | D．enjoy some rock music |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green | | B．Scientists have known some differences among some colors | | C．When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away | | D．The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool. |
小题5:The reading mainly shows us _____.| A．the difference between red and blue | | B．how to get on well with others | | C．how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life | | D．how to paint and decorate our rooms |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C |
解析
小题1:推断词义题。结合所举的例子Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same可知不同颜色的包装，会让人对同重量的东西产生错觉，所以此次的意义应与此有关，故选C。
小题2:细节题。结合Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green.可选出答案。
小题3:细节题。结合Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more. 可选出答案。
小题4:细节题。文章讲述了颜色对人思想和感受的影响，但没有提及为什么会有这样的影响。
小题5:主旨大意题。文章讲述了不同的颜色对人思想和感受有不同的影响，以及在生活中我们如何利用以取得更好的效果。 |
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阅读短文， 根据要求完成下面各小题。
Canada is one of the best places in the world for a skiing(滑雪) vacation. Here are some good resorts(胜地) for skiing in Canada.
Canmore, one of the best resorts, is in Alberta, Canada. It is cheap and you can also stay in the National Park.
Another great place is Marmot Basin. This beautiful ski resort is also in Alberta. It’s one of the least crowded ski resorts in North America. 71. You can spend more time on the slopes(斜坡) and don’t need to wait to go back up the mountain.
Mount Tremblant Resort is in the beautiful Laurentian Mountains. It has a beautiful village(乡村), with a lot to see and do. This is a great place to enjoy winter and skiing.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is a four-season(季节) mountain resort. It is in the Canadian Rockies. You can enjoy skiing and sightseeing during the day and relax in the quiet hotel during the evening.
Have a look at these places before planning your skiing vacation. You are sure to find one you like.
（一）根据短文内容，回答下列各题。
小题1:How many places for skiing in Canada are mentioned(提到) in this passage?
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小题2:Which two ski resorts are in Alberta?
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（二）将文中划线的句子译成汉语。
小题3:_____________________________________________________________
（三）给短文拟一个合适的标题。
小题4:_____________________________________________________________ |
In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past．New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life．However, some people，including some doctors，don’t agree with these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right(权利)to die when they want．They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself，and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable．They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity(尊严)and to decide when they want to die．Others don’t agree and say that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible．And so the quarrel goes on and on without a definite(明确的)answer．
小题1:People can live longer than in the past．It’s because _______．| A．medical technology develops | B．we have big hospitals | | C．there are many good doctors | D．both B and C |
小题2:According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to__________.| A．the doctors | B．the surroundings | | C．his or her family | D．the patient himself or herself |
小题3:In the writer’s opinion __________.| A．death is better than life | B．1ife is better than death | | C．neither life nor death is good | D．none of the above |
小题4:Why do some patients want to die? Because ________.| A．the doctors are not good | B．the conditions are bad | | C．life is too hard | D．they are seriously ill |
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Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious（显而易见的）.
There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.
This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures（结构）. If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.
小题1:From the first paragraph, we know that ________.| A．English is difficult to learn | | B．if you have seen an English sentence, you can speak English | | C．before you use English, you must know some English | | D．everyone is a born English speaker |
小题2:What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?| A．Speaking. | B．Writing. | | C．Thinking. | D．Reading and listening. |
小题3:In the writer’s opinion, we can grasp English grammar rules _______.| A．by reading English books | B．by reading grammar books | | C．by writing and speaking | D．by learning grammar rules |
小题4:The only difference between you and native speakers is that native speakers _______.| A．have parents as their English teachers | | B．are born to know grammar rules and phrases | | C．read and hear more English than you | | D．have a gift in learning English |
小题5:What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．It is important for us to know English words. | | B．Reading is important for us to learn English. | | C．English grammar is not so important. | | D．The best way to learn English is going to England. |
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Arctic fox(北极狐) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos.
The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color. The white ones are white in winter, but grey-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-grey all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don’t like to do that alone.
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don’t open their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Today, the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.
小题1:Not all the Arctic foxes change their colors in different seasons.
小题2: The Arctic foxes have rabbit eyes and cat feet.
小题3: Baby Arctic foxes are born with their eyes open.
小题4: Birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals are the main food for the Arctic foxes.
小题5: According to the passage, there are more Arctic foxes now. |
Every morning, the newspaper chief editor（主编） holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events（事件） of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper"s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one"s homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day"s paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing（印刷） the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered（发送） by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday"s.
小题1:What is the work in a newspaper office like? | A．Interesting and confusing | B．Important and patient. | | C．Particular and necessary. | D．Fast and busy. |
小题2:According to the passage, the right order for a reporter"s work is ____________.
a. writing stories b. doing interviews c. joining in a discussion
d. doing homework e. handing stories to the editor| A．c-b-a-d-e | B．c-d-e-a-b | C．c-b-d-a-e | D．c-a-d-b-e |
小题3:The front page contents（内容） are decided by ___________.| A．the importance of the events | | B．how well the stories are written | | C．the knowledge of the chief editor | | D．whether they are the latest |
小题4:Word editors" work is to ____________.| A．help the chief editor with the morning discussion | | B．decide when and how the papers can be printed | | C．read the stories and make necessary changes | | D．get together information from reporters and photographers |
小题5:The best title for this passage is “____________”。 | A．How a newspaper is produced | B．How newspapers are delivered | | C．What kind of papers readers like | D．Whose work is more important |
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