阅读理解。 When people visit Switzerland for the first time, they look with great

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阅读理解。     When people visit Switzerland for the first time, they look with great interest, not only at the mountains
but also at a type of clock-a Cuckoo-clock, on sale there. Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists
looking for a souvenir. A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock
every half an hour and says, "Cuckoo". Every hour it comes out and says "Cuckoo" the right number of times.
It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day! Children find these clocks wonderful. Adults gradually
get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour, and this makes a short sleep in an
armchair rather difficult.
     In Europe, the cuckoo"s call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way. This is the time when the
mother cuckoo flies round, looking for a nest (巢) to lay one of her eggs. She chooses a nest belonging to
another bird which already has eggs. When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two, the cuckoo rushes
down, lays an egg and hurries off. In this way, she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests. not
one of which has been built by herself.
     When a cuckoo egg hatches (孵化), the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings. Step by
step, it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest. In this way, it receives all the food
from its foster-parents (养父母) and has a better chance of surviving. 1. When tourists first visit Switzerland, _____. A. they are impressed by the mountains
B. they do not find the mountains interesting
C. the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are
D. they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting 2. Which of the followings is NOT true? A. Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds" nests.
B. If it"s exactly 12 o"clock now, the cuckoo will say "cuckoo" twelve times.
C. The cuckoo does not say"cuckoo" at midnight and mid-day.
D. The adults don"t like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children. 3. Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks _____. A. to remind them of a visit
B. because they can tell time exactly
C. to amuse their children
D. because they are cheaper than other clocks 4. Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo? A. They like to catch and eat this large bird.
B. The bird has a beautiful way of singing.
C. This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland.
D. It makes them think that warmer weather is coming. 5. What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest? A. They push it out of their nest.
B. It seems that they don"t know what has happened.
C. They don"t like it but cannot do anything about it.
D. They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo.

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1-5 ACADB

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阅读理解。     At first, Betty and Barney felt comfortable in the alien space station. They were not afraid because the
aliens were very friendly. They stood around and looked at them. Some of them pointed at Betty and Barney
and spoke to each other in a language they didn"t know.
     After about thirty minutes, the aliens began to feel them and to check them. They were very interested in
Betty"s and Barney"s bodies. Then, some of the aliens cut pieces of hair from Betty"s and Barney"s heads and
took small pieces of skin from their bodies. They were like scientists. Why were they doing this?
     Betty became frightened when one alien came towards her with a long, thin needle. It placed the needle
over the centre of her stomach and pushed it in. Betty was surprised,"It was a strange feeling. There was no
pain," she said later.
     Barney had false teeth which he could take out of his mouth. When the aliens discovered the teeth, they
became very interested in them. One by one they came up to Barney and took out his teeth, then put them
back in. They did this again and again, and they all made a strange sound when they did this. Barney thought
they were laughing. 1. Where were Betty and Barney? They were _________. A. at home
B. in a cinema
C. in a hospital
D. in a space station 2. Why did the aliens take Betty"s and Barney"s hair and skin? Because they wanted _________. A. to eat them
B. to research them
C. to sell them
D. to stay with them 3. According to the story, put the following sentences into the right order: _________.
a. The aliens played with Barney"s false teeth.
b. An alien put a long, thin needle into Betty"s stomach.
c. The aliens looked at Betty and Barney friendly.
d. The aliens cut pieces of hair from Betty and Barney. A. b-a-c-d
B. b-a-d-c
C. c-d-b-a
D. c-d-a-b4. Suppose the story is from a movie, what kind of movie can it be? It can be a (an) _________. A. comedy
B. documentary
C. action movie
D. science fiction movie

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阅读理解。                                        Important tips for better flash (闪光灯、闪光) photos
     Don"t stand too far back from your subject. The flash on most cameras will not cover any subject well over
three metres away. Even in non-flash photos many photographers stand too far away from their subjects. As a
result, the subjects are small with great areas of unimportant background.
     Watch the background carefully and be sure there are no mirrors or shiny things to reflect (反射) the flash
back to the camera lens (镜头).
     When taking pictures of people, ask them not to look into the lens but at a point over your shoulder, because
it is very possible that the flash will reflect from their eyes and there will be red eyes in the photo.
     Try to give the subjects an interesting background. If there is nothing for two metres behind the subject, the
background will come out black or very dark. Of course, you don"t want an untidy background, because it will
take people"s attention away from your subject.
     If taking a picture of a baby, be sure the room is as light as possible so that the flash does not hurt his / her
eyes. 1. To avoid red eyes in the photo, the best place people should look at is _____. A. the sun in the sky
B. the mirror behind the photographer
C. the lens of the camera
D. a point over the photographer"s shoulder 2. Which of the following is the right way to take a flash picture of a baby in a room? A. Making the room as light as possible.
B. Having the baby sit in front of a mirror.
C. Helping the baby look at the camera lens.
D. Keeping the baby five metres away from the camera.3. When taking flash pictures, we should be sure that _____. A. there is nothing shiny in the background
B. there are interesting things in front of the subjects
C. there are as many beautiful things as possible in the background
D. there are great areas of black or dark background

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阅读理解。     Imagine this: a television screen has the size and thickness of a piece of paper. You carry it around in
your pocket and take it out when you want to watch a show. Imagine a guitar so tiny that you can"t see
it with the human eye, but you can hear sound when its strings are pulled.
     Nanotechnology (纳米技术) is the science that deals with doing things in a very small way, and it is
being studied and developed all over the world. Many scientists say nanotechnology will produce the next
industrial revolution (工业革命).
     Perhaps nanotechnology will have the biggest influence on medical science. Imagine nanobots (纳米
机器人) in medicine. Thousands or even millions of tiny machines can be sent into the human body with
specific tasks. For example, they can be designed to find and destroy cancer cells or viruses (病毒).
Other machines may stay in the human body forever to help organs (器官) that are not working properly.
     When could all of these happen? Scientists predict that most of these are possible in the next 30 years.
Thousands of scientists around the world are working on these micro-machines. Nanotechnology is just
around the corner. 1. The two examples in Paragraph 1 are used to _____. A. introduce the smallest television
B. introduce a new kind of guitar
C. introduce the topic of the passage
D. show how small the world is 2. Nanotechnology _____. A. will cause an industrial revolution
B. deals with things in old ways
C. has studied the whole world
D. was developed many years ago 3. The underlined word "they" in the third paragraph refers to (指代) "_____"? A. scientists
B. human bodies
C. specific tasks
D. tiny machines 4. The tiny machines _____. A. are too small to be repaired
B. can be put in a human body to kill viruses
C. may not work well in a human body
D. can take the place of human organs 5. The underlined phrase "around the corner" in the last sentence means "_____". A. far away
B. at present
C. in the near future
D. impossible

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阅读理解。     About 98% of children in China"s 410 poorest western counties (县) had got nine-year compulsory
education (九年义务教育) by the year 2007.
     Until now, the nine year compulsory education, six years in primary school and three years in the
middle school, has covered 368 out of the 410 poorest western counties. And the children in other 42
counties have got education in primary school.
     Helping children go to school started in 2004, children in these counties got education for only about
6. 7 years. To help more children go to school, the program is trying to make them pay less for education,
give money to poor students, and build boarding schools for the children far from schools. From 2004 to
2007, the central government spent 10 000 000 000 yuan building more than 7 600 boarding schools for
about 4 000 000 students in 953 counties in the western areas.
     During the program, about 11 000 000 000 yuan was given by the central and local governments to
build a distance teaching network (远程教育网) in countries. By the end of 2007, more than 100 000 000
primary and middle school students in villages had enjoyed the teaching network as the students in cities.
    Since 2006, the central government has also given money to encourage college graduates to teach in
poor areas. In the past two years, about 33 000 college graduates have gone to teach in those poor western
areas. 1. The nine-year compulsory education has covered _____ poorest counties until now. A. 42
B. 368
C. 410
D. 953 2. The program started to help _____ to pay less for education and get more education in 2004. A. students in villages
B. students in cities
C. college students
D. children in cities 3. The central government spent 10 000 000 000 yuan building more than 7 600 _____ in the western areas. A. cities
B. poor counties
C. boarding schools
D. colleges 4. _____ spent 11 000 000 000 yuan building the distance teaching network in countries. A. The central government
B. The local governments
C. The college
D. A and B 5. There have been about _____ college graduates to teach in the poor western areas in the past two years. A. 953
B. 33 000
C. 4 000 000
D. 100 000 000

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阅读理解。                              Thumbs Down to Texting 屈指发短信
     Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
     Text messaging or "texting" is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can
give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling in our thumbs. Our
thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over. Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke
to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much
time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10-15 minutes at once, we could
have problems in the future.
     As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller
phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video
games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them,
most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using
computer, video games and mobile phones. If we don"t do something about this, too many young people could
grow up in terrible pain. 1. What is becoming very popular now?
    ____________________________________
2. Does the word "once" mean "one time" in the second passage?
    ____________________________________
3. What kind of people are easier to have the problem of RSI?
    ____________________________________
4. What can also cause RSI except texting?
    ____________________________________
5. Which is easier to cause the problem of RSI, using smaller mobile phones or larger ones?
    ____________________________________

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