阅读理解。 Many years ago when people had no thermometers (温度计), they usually tou

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阅读理解。     Many years ago when people had no thermometers (温度计), they usually touched a thing to see how
hot or cold it wasThe following experiment shows how easy it was to make a mistake.
     Take three glasses: the first one with very hot water. The second one with very cold water, and the third
one with water at room temperature. Then you put a finger of one hand in the hot water, and a finger of the
other hand in the cold water. You hold your fingers in the two glasses for a minute. Then you use each finger,
one after another, to see how hot or cold the water in the third glass is. You will find that the water is warm to
the finger that was in the cold water before, but the finger which was in the hot water will feel cold in the
same glass of water.
     That is why you must always find the temperature in a scientific way. You must not try to tell the
temperature as it seems to you.
     You will often make a mistake if you take something that seems to you for a real fact. For example, when
you are going to an Amusement park by bus and you want to get there very quickly, it seems to you that your
bus is going very slowly, slower than the other buses. But if it is Sunday and you have much free time, it
seems to you all the buses and cars are going very fast. 1. The experiment tells us that sometimes it is ______ to make a mistake.[     ]
A. interesting
B. difficult
C. easy
D. helpful 2. The water in the third glass is ______.[     ]
A. colder than the water in the first glass
B. hotter than the water in the first glass
C. colder than the water in the second glass
D. as cold as the water in the second glass3. What will you find if you put the finger which was in the first glass into the second glass according to
   the experiment? [     ]
A. The water is hotter than it is in the first glass.
B. The water is as hot as it is in the first glass.
C. The water is at room temperature.
D. The water is colder than it is in the first glass. 4. How should we find the temperature according to the passage? [     ]
A. Try to tell as it seems to us.
B. Try to use our fingers.
C. Try to tell in a scientific way.
D. Try to touch something to see how hot it is. 5. We can learn something about ______ from the passage. [     ]
A. physics
B. chemistry
C. psychology (心理学)
D. biology

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根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。     Rice is a big part of Chinese life. In the past, people greeted each other by 1.           "Have you had your
rice?" And some people 2.           say it today.
    China is the world"s largest rice-growing 3.           . In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice. But it
is not 4.            to feed the world"s largest population. In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese 5.            because
they had no food to eat.
   In the 1970s, a Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, grew a new 6.           of rice called hybrid rice (杂交稻).
It makes 20 percent more rice than 7.            types of rice. Hybrid rice is much stronger than common rice.
It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It also doesn"t easily get diseases or worms.
    Yuan is known 8.           the "father of hybrid rice." At the end of last month, he 9.           the World
Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people.
    Today, half of China"s rice plants are Yuan"s special hybrid. China uses Yuan"s hybrid to grow much
10.            rice than before.

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阅读理解。    If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you start using them
again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that
memory works in the same way.
    When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by
using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough
chance to become strong.
    If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault (过错). But if he tells us
that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to be blamed (责备), and few of us know
that it is just his own fault.
    Have you ever found that some people can"t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is
because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little
notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being
exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering. 1. Which of the following is right? [     ]
A. Your arms or your legs will become weak when you use them.
B. Your memory works in the same way as your arms and legs.
C. Everybody knows that memory works in the same way as their arms and legs.
D. Your memory can"t become strong again when you use them again. 2. If you want to have a good memory, you must ______. [     ]
A. practice it
B. not give it enough chance to become strong
C. have clever parents
D. use your arms and legs often 3. One has a bad memory because of ______. [     ]
A. his own fault
B. his parents" fault
C. his teachers" fault
D. his strong arms and legs 4. Many people who can"t read and write can remember things well because ______. [     ]
A. they have to remember
B. they can"t write them down
C. they practice remembering
D. they can remember things quickly 5. The writer tells us ______. [     ]
A. a good memory comes from practice
B. a good memory needs strong arms and legs
C. parents can make us clever
D. to remember days, names and songs

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阅读理解。     It"s over three years since I began to learn English. I am glad that I am getting on well with it.
     I find English quite difficult, but very interesting. When I first started, I thought I had only to remember
the new words and learn some grammars. I know little about English idioms (习语). I thought each English
word has the same meaning in Chinese. When I learned to say "I see a book on the desk", I thought the
English word "see" was just like the Chinese word "kan". So one day when my teacher asked me, "What are
you doing?" I answered, "I"m seeing a book." "That"s wrong." The teacher said. "You don"t see a book. You
read a book. You can"t use an English word like a Chinese one. Be sure not to make the same mistake again."
     After that I began to pay more attention to the differences between Chinese and English. For example, in
English we say a "high mountain", but a "tall man". In Chinese we use the same word "gao" for both. Again
in English we say "take part in the sports meeting", "attend a meeting" and "join the army", while in Chinese
we can use "can jia" for all three. Interesting, isn"t it?
     So to study English doesn"t only mean hard work, it can be great fun, too! We not only have to pay
attention to pronunciation, grammar, spelling and handwriting, we also have to understand English idiom. We
can learn English well only in that way!
     But all this is only a beginning and I still have a long way to go. I"ll try my best and work even harder than
before. I must speak and listen to English more both in and out of class. I must learn English well so that I
work well when I grow up. 1. I have learned English for ______ years. [     ]
A. one
B. five
C. three
D. more than three 2. When I first started English I ______. [     ]
A. knew more English words
B. knew some English idioms
C. used an English word like a Chinese one
D. found English easy and interesting 3. I began to pay more attention to the differences between Chinese and English ______. [     ]
A. when I began to learn English
B. when I said "I see book on the desk"
C. before I began to learn English
D. after the teacher told me not to use an English word like a Chinese one 4. We should speak and listen to English ______. [     ]
A. only in class
B. out of class
C. both in and out of class
D. either in or out of class 5. To study English well, we have to ______. [     ]
A. remember the new words and learn some grammars
B. know the differences between Chinese and English
C. pay attention to pronunciation, spelling, handwriting and idioms
D. do all the above things

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阅读理解。     Many students of English think that learning a new language is very difficult. Now think how difficult it
is to learn English when your brain is only the size of a bird"s brain! That is what some birds can do.
     Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language. African grey parrots are the best known
for this.
     Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show tries to find the best "talking" bird
in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out among the "talking birds". She won this prize for 12 years
from 1965 to 1976.
    Prudle was taken from her nest in Uganda in 1958. She was sold to Iris Frost in Seaford, England. Prudle
knew almost 800 words in English.
     Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage. Ms. Frost took care of the bird until
Prudle died in 1994. Prudle was 35 years old.
     A different kind of bird, not a parrot, named Puck was tested in 1993. It turned out that Puck knew more
English words than Prudle knew. Puck knew more than 1,700 words.
   If a bird can do it, anybody can do it. 1. What kind of birds is the most famous for speaking? [     ]
A. African grey parrots.
B. The birds with big brains.
C. The birds in cages.
D. English parrots. 2. What dose the word "stand out" mean in this passage? [     ]
A. 站出来
B. 飞起来
C. 脱颖而出
D. 取出来 3. How many years did Prudle win the speaking competition for birds? [     ]
A. 35 years.
B. 12 years.
C. 55 years.
D. 8 years. 4. Puck was better than Prudle because ______. [     ]
A. he could fly higher
B. he knew more words
C. he spoke faster
D. he was bigger 5. Who was Iris Frost? [     ]
A. A parrot.
B. Puck"s owner.
C. Prudle"s owner.
D. An English teacher

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阅读理解。    An old scientist recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was cleverer than
other animals.
    In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room where there were several boxes. Some boxes were
inside other boxes. One small box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to
find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited a few
minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees (膝盖) and put his eyes to the keyhole. What did
he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other
side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole. 1. The scientist did the test to see ______. [     ]
A. if the monkey would steal (偷) the food
B. if the monkey would look for the food
C. if the monkey was cleverer than other animals
D. if some boxes were inside other boxes 2. In one test the scientist put a monkey ______. [     ]
A. into a small box
B. into several small boxes
C. into a box where there was some food
D. in a room 3. After the scientist left the room, the monkey ______. [     ]
A. began to eat food
B. began to look for food
C. looked at the scientist through the keyhole
D. came into the boxes one after another 4. The scientist ______. [     ]
A. got down on his knees and waited outside the door
B. got down on his knees and heard with his ears
C. left the room for a long time
D. looked at the monkey through the keyhole with his eyes 5. To the scientist"s surprise ______. [     ]
A. the monkey got down on its knees
B. the monkey came out of the room
C. the monkey looked at the scientist through the window
D. the monkey put its eye to the keyhole

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