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Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big ambition—to play the drums in a band. But one big obstacle lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.
One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there"s no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.
With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It wasn"t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ""If those old people next – door hadn"t mattered so much to me, I wouldn"t have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.""
小题1:Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?| A．Because she didn"t want others to hear her play. | | B．Because she didn"t mean to disturb others. | | C．Because she didn"t have her own room. | | D．Because she didn’t like her neighbors. |
小题2:Brenda started to give concerts _______.| A．after she practiced in her space bubble | | B．when she became part of the unique space journey | | C．after she became a real musicalastronaut | | D．when people came to see her in the space bubble |
小题3:Brenda became famous because _______.| A．she was good at music and science | B．she became a real musical astronaut | | C．she invented a special way of practice | D．she played well and had a talent |
小题4:Which of the following can be used to describe Brenda?| A．Kind, hardworking and clever. | B．Brave, kind and hardworking. | | C．Lovely, brave and kind. | D．Nervous, kind and clever. |
小题5:It can be inferred from the text that: " _______".| A．He laughs best who laughs last | B．It"s never too old to learn | | C．Two heads are better than one | D．One good turn deserves another |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D |
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试题分析：
小题1:B 推理题。根据第一段3,4行Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves.说明他的邻居会因为他的音乐而受到影响，而他又不想去打扰他们。所以才动脑筋，想办法，不去打扰邻居。故B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据第四段1,2行It wasn"t long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts.他不久就很出名了，他在离开the bubble以后就开始了音乐会的表演。故A正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据第三段 With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside.说明他这种练习音乐的方法很特殊，引起了人们的注意，故C正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据文章可知他为了不影响邻居，而想出了一个很独特的方法，说明他很善良，很聪明。同时他也努力练习音乐，说明他很勤奋。故A正确。
小题5:D 推断题。本文讲述的是Brenda为了不影响邻居而想出了一个很好的方法来练习自己的音乐，反而让自己更为出名。One good turn deserves another好心有好报。与文章的内容相符。
点评：。本文讲述的是Brenda为了不影响邻居而想出了一个很好的方法来练习自己的音乐，反而让自己更为出名。以推理题的考查为主，这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，要根据上下文的语义串联来组织全文。 |
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"It"s this time of year when the weather starts warming up and frogs start breeding - but they haven"t been breeding," says John Wilkinson, research and monitoring officer at the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC).
Amphibians (两栖动物) are just one of the groups of animals that nature observers fear may have problems reproducing this year, as groundwater levels are even lower now than in the infamously dry summer of 1976, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). According to the UK"s Centre for Hydrology and Ecology the average rainfall so far this winter has been the lowest since 1972.
"If ponds dry up totally," says Mr. Wilkinson, "you could have lots of dead tadpoles." Drier and windier conditions could also make it more difficult for juvenile amphibians to survive their journeys between wet habitats.
But Peter Brotherton, the biodiversity manager for Natural England, says that "drought is part of nature"s cycle", and, at present, a lot of animals, plants and insects are still in hibernation. This means that the population picture is unclear. "However, when we get extreme events, we get animals dying," he says. "And what is worrying is that normally at this time of year we expect soil to be near saturation（湿润）after winter."
Charlie Kitchin, the RSPB"s site manager of the Nene Washes in Cambridgeshire, says the 2,000-acre wetland and grassland area is now struggling following two winters with relatively little winter rain and no flooding. One species that could suffer, he says, is the black-tailed godwit（黑尾豫）. "There are only 50 breeding pairs in the country, and we have 40 of them, and everything is bone-dry," Mr Kitchin says.
But one bad nesting season, he says, is "not the end of the world". "One of the features of flood plains is that they"re volatile anyway," he adds. "But if they fail to breed another year, the population is likely to dip again."
小题1:According to the passage animals may have problems reproducing this year mainly due to _____.| A．drought | B．hibernation | C．windier conditions | D．extreme events |
小题2:What really worries Peter Brotherton is that ________.| A．drought is part of nature’s cycle | B．animals are still in hibernation | | C．soil at this time is far from saturation | D．the population of animals is still unclear |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true of Charlie Kitchin’s words?| A．Drought has so far continued for two winters. | | B．Animals could survive one bad nesting season. | | C．The black-tailed godwit is in danger of extinction. | | D．40 black-tailed godwits live in the Nene Washes. |
小题4:The underlined word volatile in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.| A．losing water | B．undergoing changes | | C．breeding animals | D．suffering flood |
小题5:It can be learnt from the text that ______________.| A．groundwater levels this summer are lower than those of 1976 | | B．the average rainfall this year has been the lowest since 1972 | | C．windier conditions could also cause some amphibians’ death | | D．flooding plays no useful role in wetlands and grasslands |
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Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl（爬）, while boys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown． The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences．
Psychologists Dr． Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months． The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys． Some were typically boys" toys: a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy． The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set． They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever toy they liked． Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded．
Of the youngest children （nine to 14 months）, girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did． Among the two-and three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it． The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched． There was no link between the parents’ view on which toys were more suitable for boys or girls, and the children’s choice．
Dr． Brenda Todd said: “Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization． Boys may be given ‘toys that go’ while girls get toys they can care for, which may help shape their preference． But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys． There could be a biological basis for their choices． Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能）, while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby．”
小题1:Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because ．| A．baby boys are much more active | | B．baby girls like bright colors more | | C．there is a natural difference between them | | D．their parents treat them differently |
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?| A．Nine-month-old baby boys don’t play with dolls at all． | | B．Two-year-old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls． | | C．Parents should teach their babies to share each other’s toys． | | D．The older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is． |
小题3:Both baby boys and baby girls like to play with _________ according to the study．| A．a teddy | B．a car | C．a doll | D．a ball |
小题4:We may read this article in a section of a newspaper．| A．health | B．science | C．culture | D．entertainment |
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Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training. But it’s still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs.
Nikki Henriques is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Barty Philips, a journalist with “The Observer”, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars.
“My first reason was independence(独立),” she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like learning about how things work. Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.”
Nikki didn’t find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Centre—a special sort of college where people can learn a new job for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me. It was also very tiring—from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, with only 30 minutes for lunch.”
Now Nikki works free-lance, that is, she’s self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company.
Barty Phillips also spoke to Rose, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nikki, Rose used to be a secretary. “I didn’t enjoy it at all.” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.”
Rose joined a women’s building co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs.
“People often say, ‘Oh, women aren’t strong enough,’ but I don’t think strength is important.” said Rose, “The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.”
Rose would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of man’s world. If women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of their house and their towns.”
小题1:There are laws in Britain to help women _____.| A．get higher pay than men | | B．enjoy more freedom than men | | C．do whatever they like to do | | D．have equal chances with men in education and work |
小题2:The job of a car maintenance engineer is to _____. | A．make cars | B．sell cars | | C．repair cars | D．keep cars for others |
小题3:According to Rose, a woman wishing to be a general builder _____.| A．must be specially trained | | B．should be strong enough | | C．can learn her job either from others or by experience | | D．must get used to doing a different sort of work |
小题4:The best title for this passage might be _____. | A．Nikki Henriques, a car maintenance engineer | | B．Rose, a General Builder in Shefield | | C．Women at Work | | D．British Women |
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Five-time world overall short-track speed skating champion Yang Yang(A)won China’s first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal with a runaway victory in the 500m final on Saturday.
Yang Yang, putting behind her a dismal fourth place finish in the 1,500 meters three days ago, got off to a sparking lead and never looked back to cross the line in 44.187 seconds.
World-record holder and four-time European champion Evgenia Radanova followed home 0.065 seconds behind.
Another Chinese, Wang Chunju, the world champion in the shortest distance came in third, two-hundredths of a second further behind.
Yang, 25, whose name is tagged with the letter A to distinguish her from her younger teammate and namesake, Yang Yang(S), is the overall World Cup winner this season, with the top points in the 1,000m and 1,500m.
In the 1,500m, the younger Yang, 24, who won two silver medals in Nagano four years ago, crashed out while chasing herd after two South Korean teenagers, KoGi-Hyun and Choi Eun-Kyungm who eventually finished first and second. Yang Yang(A) ended up fourth.
Yang Yang(S) did not compete in the 500 meters.
小题1:How long did Evgenia Radanova take to finish the 500m final?| A．44.252 seconds. | B．44.187 seconds. | | C．44.122 seconds. | D．None of the above. |
小题2:Why did not Yang Yang(S) compete in the 500 meters?| A．She did want to. | B．She was wounded. | | C．She was not qualified. | D．It was not mentioned. |
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President Obama: I want to welcome Vice President Xi to the Oval Office and welcome him to the United States. This is obviously a great opportunity for us to build on the U. S.-China relationship, but also an opportunity to return the extraordinary hospitality that Vice President Xi showed Vice President Biden during his recent visit to China.
As I indicated during my recent visit to APEC and the East Asia Summit, the United States is a Pacific nation. And we are very interested and very focused on continuing to strengthen our relationships, to enhance our trade and our commerce, and make sure that we are a strong and effective partner with the Asia Pacific region. And obviously, in order to do that, it is absolutely vital that we have a strong relationship with China.
So, Mr. Vice President, I hope you have a wonderful visit while you"re here. I"m sure the American people welcome you. I"m glad that you"re going to get an opportunity to get out of Washington. I know you"ll be visiting Lowa, which you visited many years ago when you were governor. And I understand you"re also going to Los Angeles and maybe even taking in (观看) a Lakers basketball game. So I hope you enjoy that very much.
I want to extend my deepest welcome to you, and look forward to a future of improved dialogue and increased cooperation in the years to come.
小题1:Where can you most probably read the passage?| A．In a science report. | B．In a news report. | | C．In a guidebook. | D．In an advertisement. |
小题2:Which is true according to the passage?| A．Biden once paid a visit to China before this talk. | | B．Obama didn"t attend APEC or the East Asia Summit recently. | | C．Biden and Xi Jinping are holding the talk in the Oval Office of the White House. | | D．The talk is being held between China and the USA in the Oval Office of New York. |
小题3:From Para. 3, we can learn that Vice President Xi ____.| A．will visit New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles | | B．will go to Los Angeles to watch a soccer game | | C．visited Lowa many years ago, when he was governor | | D．visited Lowa many years ago, when he was a vice president |
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