The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in ho
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The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today．But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams．No two homes will be the same．People will be able to buy “house kits” containing a basic house structure, with movable walls, doors and windows．They will put together the different parts to create the home they want．
Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still exist but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’t replace them. Teachers will still exist because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home. The medical technology revolution and space travel will create new jobs which we can only imagine today．
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families．
Paper won’t exist in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to save natural resources. E-newspapers and e-magazines will replace traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our reuseable paper．
The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going to disappear some time in the future．This isn’t going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun explodes (爆炸)．We will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won’t be any other choice.
小题1:Homes of the future will ________．| A．be completely different from those of today | | B．be very similar to our homes | | C．all be different from one another | | D．be movable as you want |
小题2:Space trips and staying in space hotels will ________．| A．become a very common way to spend a holiday | | B．be the best holiday option for families | | C．attract a lot of people | | D．still only be for very rich people |
小题3:E-paper will replace traditional paper because ________．| A．we will use it again | | B．it won’t waste natural resource | | C．it will be cheaper to produce | | D．it will be convenient to carry |
小题4:We will have move to another planet ________．| A．if we want to save the human race | | B．when the sun explodes | | C．when the earth disappears | | D．when the earth is too crowded to fill people on |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B.
小题4:A. |
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了未来的家是什么样的，可能是为了环保建的新型的家，也可能是在太空旅行，更有可能为了人类的生存到另外的星球。
小题1:细节判断题。从文章第一段的“No two homes will be the same．”可以推出答案为C。
小题2:细节判断题。从文章的第三段“…but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap．”判断出答案D。
小题3:细节判断题。从文章的第四段“This will develop in order to save natural resources．”可判断出B项正确。而选项A应为it will be used again and again。
小题4:推理判断题。从文章最后一段“At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet．”可推断出答案是A.
点评：这篇文章难度适中，但和题目相关的有的涉及到一些长句的理解，要求考生长句的分析能力，并考查学生的概括能力，题目也以细节题为主，只要细心就行。 |
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When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Thenhe told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss（掷）the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”
The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.
The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”
小题1:This story mainly wants to tell us .| A．chemistry is really hard to learn | | B．there are many questions for students to prepare. | | C．good exam results really need studying hard | | D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result |
小题2:Fred Baines was one of those who .| A．did just enough to pass an exam | | B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies | | C．had more important work to do than study | | D．were quite good at passing exams |
小题3:Fred came happily into the exam room because .| A．he had got ready for the exam | | B．he knew the answers already | | C．one excellent student would help him | | D．he had his special way to finish the exam |
小题4:Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?| A．The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all. | | B．It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam | | C．The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions. | | D．The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin. |
小题5:The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that .| A．he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam | | B．he wanted to make friends with Baines | | C．Baines’ way for the exam would never work | | D．the exam result depended on the coin |
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Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills （读写能力）With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence （自信心） , according to Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).
The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea. “Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache,” said Lisa Myron, manager of the children’s department.
Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon” in the children’s department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a “pawgraphed” book at the last class.
The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April, according to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.
小题1:What is mainly discussed in the text? | A．Children’s reading difficulties. | B．Advantages of raising dogs. | | C．Service in a public library. | D．A special reading program. |
小题2:Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think _______.| A．dogs are young children’s best friends | | B．children can play with dogs while reading | | C．dogs can provide encouragement for shy children | | D．children and dogs understand each other |
小题3:By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea”, the writer means the library_______.| A．uses dogs to attract children | | B．accepts the idea put forward by ITA | | C．has opened a children"s department | | D．has decided to train some dogs |
小题4:A “pawgraphed” book is most probably _______.| A．a book used in Saturday classes | B．a book written by the children | | C．a prize for the children | D．a gift from parent |
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Human beings are the most intelligent of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logically. Scientists and even common people with special intelligence have made a lot of inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past. “Houses” have been the most popular area for discoveries and inventions in the past and even now.
Many household items have been the result of inventions of people who desired better functioning of the existent products. Every individual has intelligence and if it is used properly for the right purpose it leads to invention of a new tool or device. Many new household inventions are made almost every day and there are specific companies, which particularly keep a record of all these inventions.
A lot of inventions have been made recently in the household field. These products are patented(专利的)and have trade mark licenses(许可). The patented sliding cinch is a very simple but effective method to prevent shoulder stress and injury for those who work before computers all day long. Vanity PC is a type of computer furniture that specifically hides all the computer wires and keeps a clean and good look. All the outdoor dust, mud and snow can be kept out of the house by installing(安装)the dirt drain(排水管)at the entrance of the door. Another important invention is the automatic toilet night-light, in which a small light starts when the lid of the toilet seat is opened and closes as soon as the lid is closed.
These are some of the new household inventions invented mostly by common people. Thus, a variety of new household items are invented every day, which helps in a better functioning of household chores and in a more useful manner.
小题1:The first paragraph tells us the importance of _________.| A．the particular changes in houses | | B．human beings’ role in making inventions | | C．the advantages of modern lifestyle | | D．the difference between human beings and animals |
小题2:What plays the most important role in causing people to invent new things?| A．To earn more money and gain awards. | | B．To be recorded by some special companies. | | C．To improve the present living conditions. | | D．To meet the new demands of new science. |
小题3:It can be inferred that the sliding cinch is used to _________.| A．prevent your shoulder from being over-pressured | | B．keep your shoulder safe and sound when you are in an accident or an operation | | C．help you practice your shoulder more often and reduce shoulder pains | | D．cover your shoulder and make it stronger to resist the outside strike |
小题4:Common people can also make good inventions because __________.| A．wisdom and inspiration sometimes come from everyday life | | B．some inventions are easy to be made and can be mastered by common people | | C．common people have a strong desire to do something for science research | | D．success is often connected with hardship and bitter experience of common people |
小题5:The passage is mainly talking about _________.| A．the correct use of household facilities | | B．different ideas about household inventions | | C．the history of household inventions | | D．household inventions and their influence |
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Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them again and again. The famous English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have a wonderful memory.
A good memory is greatly helpful in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like the boys and girls who live abroad(国外) with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not so easy to learn a second language because the students have so little time for it, and they are very busy with other subjects too.
A man’s mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, Some people have very good memory（记忆力） and they can easily remember quite long texts.In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever(永远) in our minds.
Memory is a diary, and we all carry it about us. We keep things we have experienced (经历)in this diary.
小题1:Which of the following is true?| A．Charles Dickens had a good memory because he was a famous writer. | | B．People without a good memory cannot be great men of the world. | | C．People became great because they have a good memory. | | D．Many people may never become great though they have a good memory. |
小题2:To learn a language well, one must ________.| A．live abroad | B．write it every day | | C．often hear it | D．go to school |
小题3:The writer thinks a camera in one’s mind can take photos of ______.| A．what we see | | B．what we feel and hear | | C．what we smell and taste | | D．what we see, feel, hear, smell and taste |
小题4:If you have a good memory, ________.| A．you can learn a second language easily | | B．you can remember things for ever easily | | C．you can learn your own language easily | | D．you can remember things better |
小题5:Which of the following is true?| A．We all keep a diary in our mind. | | B．One has to do a lot of work before he can keep a picture in his mind forever. | | C．A person with a good memory can remember things forever. | | D．A good memory helps to remember everything forever. |
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Do you still get free plastic bags（塑料袋） from the supermarket（超市）? Things will change soon.
To protect(保护) the environment, supermarkets in China will stop providing (提供) free plastic bags after June 1st. If you don"t want to pay money to buy them, you"ll have to bring your own shopping bag.
What kind of bags will be the best to bring? Students in Kunming Xinying Middle School have some good ideas.
Recently 54 students of the school held an activity in which they made their own environmentally-friendly shopping bags.
Most students used old clothes to make their bags. They painted pictures like the Olympic rings on them.
But Wang Shuncheng, a Junior 2 boy, chose a different material (材料). He made his bag with old newspaper. Is a newspaper bag strong enough to hold shopping? Wang says it is, "No problem. I put six bottles of water in the bag," he said. "It"s strong enough!"
Chen Lisi, a girl, had a more traditional way to make her bag – she weaved (编织) a bamboo basket. It was not an easy job. With her grandfather"s help, Chen spent a whole afternoon making it. She also weaved wool (毛线) flowers on the basket.
Making bags was not all the students did. They had another job: to persuade their parents and relatives to use environmentally-friendly shopping bags instead of plastic ones. The school will show the bags so that shops and stores can get inspiration (灵感) from the students" work.
小题1:On June 2nd, if you don’t bring a shopping bag, ________ in the market.| A．you can get free plastic bags | | B．you’ll have to pay for the plastic bags | | C．you can’t buy anything | | D．you can’t use plastic bags |
小题2:From the passage, we can infer(推测) that ___________.| A．Plastic bags will not come into our life any more. | | B．When you go shopping after June 2nd, you have to bring a shopping bag. | | C．Plastic bags are bad for the environment. | | D．No one will use plastic bags after June 2nd. |
小题3:What does “persuade” in the last paragraph mean?小题4:Supermarkets in China stop providing plastic bags because _________.| A．they want to save money | | B．markets want to make more money | | C．plastic bags are very expensive | | D．they want to protect the environment |
小题5:Which of the following is not right from the passage?| A．People may use other material to make shopping bags. | | B．The students’ work may bring inspiration to the supermarkets. | | C．You can’t use plastic bags in supermarkets any more after June 1st. | | D．The newspaper bag made by Wang Shuncheng seems strong. |
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