阅读理解。 Taiwanese singer Stefanie Sun (孙燕姿) looks just like any other young g

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阅读理解。      Taiwanese singer Stefanie Sun (孙燕姿) looks just like any other young girl. She has short hair, a clear
face and a sweet smile. However, there is something about her that makes her very special: her voice. No
one else can sing like she can. Now, Sun is a bright star. She has released many albums (专辑).
      Sun was born in Singapore. When she was a child, her father told her:"A person should always be good
at something in life, so they have something to do for a hobby." Sun chose to learn to play the piano when
she was only five. Then, she took up kick-boxing (搏击操) because she felt she was thin and wanted to make
herself stronger.
      She often sings about the pain and happiness of growing up. The simple but true feelings in her music are
loved by teens. "Sun may be a star, but she seems like a normal girl. She is close to us," said Zhu Liying, 15,
a Beijing student."Her songs give me courage."
     Eventually, the star was tired because she had worked so hard. She stopped singing for a while and had
a one-year holiday to travel. "I won"t give up singing. I just want a rest and to try something new. I hope to
make better music when I come back," Sun said then.
      Now she is working hard again to let her fans hear more beautiful music. 1. Which is NOT true about Sun? [     ]
A. She has short hair.
B. She always has sweet smiles.
C. Her face looks clear.
D. She is a very famous actress. 2. The underlined word "released" in the first paragraph means _____. [     ]
A. made sth. public
B. set free
C. let out
D. made up of 3. Sun learned kick-boxing when she was still a child because _____. [     ]
A. she wanted to be a dancer
B. she wanted to get stronger
C. she enjoyed dancing
D. she wanted to be famous 4. Teenagers love Sun"s songs because _____. [     ]
A. her songs are about the pain of growing up
B. she looks clear and is kind to all her fans
C. the feelings in her songs are simple but true
D. her songs are about love and friends

答案

1-4: D A B C

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阅读理解。     Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造者), was so good at his profession that he was able to make
his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived
in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he became rich by selling his small but real collection of
early U.S. autographs (手稿). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of
George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance
of detection (察觉), he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale. 　　
      Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can"t deal with a respectable buyer but people
who don"t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For
example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with
chemicals. 　　
      In Spring"s time right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented
a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson.
For several years Miss Fanny"s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts
(手稿). Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying
in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals. 1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada? [     ]
A. There was a greater demand there than in America. 　　
B. There was less chance of being detected there. 　　
C. Britain was Spring"s birthplace. 　　
D. The prices were higher in England and Canada. 2. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _____. [     ]
A. Southern money 　　
B. Signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin 　　
C. Southern manuscripts and letters 　　
D. Civil War battle plans 3. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _____. [     ]
A. sharp-eyed experts　　　　　　
B. persons who aren"t experts 　　
C. book dealers　　　　　　　　　
D. owners of old books 4. Who was Miss Fanny Jackson? [     ]
A. The only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. 　　
B. A little - known girl who sold her father"s papers to Robert Spring. 　　
C. Robert Spring"s daughter. 　　
D. An imaginary person created by Spring.

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阅读理解。     Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family
of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers," because her six brothers, as well as her father,
tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated (躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading,
she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
     In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and
worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it
would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a
husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of
Iowa. At the university"s Writers" Workshop, however, she felt lonely-a Mexican American from a poor
neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find
her "Creative voice."
     "It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice.
I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn"t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance
in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That"s when I decided I would write about something my
classmates couldn"t write about."
     Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book
tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the
neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in
classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books
of poetry, a children"s book, and a short-story collection. 1. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood? [     ]
A. She had seven brothers.
B. She felt herself a nobody.
C. She was too shy to go to school.
D. She did not have any good teachers. 2. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____. [     ]
A. work for a school magazine
B. run away from her family
C. make a lot of friends
D. develop her writing style 3. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive (关键) role in her success? [     ]
A. Her early years in college.
B. Her training in the Workshop.
C. Her feeling of being different.
D. Her childhood experience. 4. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street? [     ]
A. It is quite popular among students.
B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.
C. It wasn"t success as it was written in Spanish.
D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

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阅读理解。     It was the summer of 1965. Deluca, then 17, visited Peter Buck, a family friend. Buck asked Deluca about
his plan for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," Deluca recalls saying. Buck said,
"you should open a sandwich shop."
     That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years. After doing
some research, Buck wrote a check for $ 1,000. Deluca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut, and when
they couldn"t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1,000.
     But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. Deluca says, "After six months, we were doing poorly,
but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck knew was that
their sales were lower than their costs.
     Deluca was managing the store and to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck was working at
his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping
the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store. We figured we could tell the public,
"We are so successful, we are opening a second store."" And they did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot
of learning by trial and error (反复摸索).
     But the partners" learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength. Every Friday, Deluca
would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me two and a half
hours and it wasn"t necessary but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal
relationships established really helped out," Deluca says.
     And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You just have
to keep working toward your goal," Deluca adds.
     Deluca ended up founding Subways Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain. 1. Deluca opened the first sandwich shop in order to _____. [     ]
A. support his family
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research 2. Which of the following is true of Buck? [     ]
A. He put money into the sandwich business.
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for Deluca. 3. What can we learn about their first shop? [     ]
A. It stood at an unfavorable place.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management.
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwich. 4. They decided to open a second store because they _____.[     ]
A. had enough money to do it
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make believe that they were successful 5. What contributes (做贡献) most to their success according to the author? [     ]
A. Learning by trial and error.
B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores.

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任务型阅读。    One of the most well-known directors of our time is Stephen Spielberg. He was born in Cincinnati on 18
December 1946. His father was an electric engineer and his mother was a performing pianist. His sister, Anne
Spielberg, became a screenwriter who wrote the stories for many famous films.
    Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy. When he was just 13 years old,
he made a 40-minute film. It won a local competition. Three years later, he produced a film called Firelight,
which made one hundred dollars" profit at the cinema in his hometown. Many of the ideas from this film were
later used for one of his most famous films called Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
   When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills and become
an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this school so he went to a
university in California to study English. Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to,
he didn"t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.
    Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976. He now owns many different
businesses, most of which are involved in the film industry.

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Year	What happened
1946	Stephen Spielberg 1_____ 2_____ in Cincinnati.
1959	Stephen Spielberg made a 3_____ film and it 4_____ a local competition.
1962	Stephen Spielberg produced a film called 5_____, from which many 6_____ were later used for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
7_____	Though he 8_____ to get into the film school he wanted to go to, Stephen Spielberg didn"t give up his dream to become a great director.
1976	Stephen Spielberg 9_____ his 10_____ major film.
阅读理解。
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap,strong and fast. He was able to sell millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time; that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind. Ford"s father hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit where he worked as a mechanic (机械师). By the age of 29, in 1892, he had built his first car. However, the car made in this way, the famous "Model T" did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford had started his great motor car factory. This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty years. Since Ford"s time, this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive.
1. Henry Ford was the man to build _____ cars.
[ ]
A. cheap and strong B. cheap and long 　　 C. fast and expensive D. strong and slow
2. Ford was able to sell millions of cars, because _____.
[ ]
A. he made many great cars B. his cars are many 　　 C. he made lots of cars of the same kind D. both A and B
3. The young man became a mechanic, _____.
[ ]
A. which was his father"s will B. which was against his own will C. which was against his father"s will D. which was the will of both
4. The "Model T" was very famous _____.
[ ]
A. before 1908 B. between 1982 and 1908 C. before 1892 D. after 1908
5. Ford built his own car factory _____.
[ ]
A. in 1903 B. in 1908 C. in 1913 D. in 1897