How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the

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How often do you use your car? Can you use your car less often? Do you know the following facts in the UK?

• About 50% of all car journeys are just for fun.
• Over 80% people go to work by car.
• 25% car journeys are under two miles.
• 70% car journeys are under five miles.
WALKING & CYCLING
Instead of using the car for short journeys, why not walk or ride a bicycle? Walking is a most popular form of exercise—it’s healthy and it can save you money. If you work nearby, try walking or cycling instead of driving. Walking your children to school gives them valuable road experience.
BUSES
Bus companies are using new buses: some run on new fuels which produce less pollution; some have easier access for disabled and old people. There are special traffic lanes (行车道) to make bus journeys easier and more reliable. So do something to help solve the pollution problem—let the bus take you to work and your children to school.
TRAINS
All car journeys, long or short, can be hard work. For some trips it is wiser to take the train. Leave your car at home and walk, cycle or take a bus to and from the station. Train travel is fast, safe and comfortable. Train tickets are not always expensive; some are quite cheap at discount.
小题1:The writer believes that ________ can give children valuable road experience.

A．walking to school	B．travelling by train
C．taking new fuel buses	D．having car journeys for fun

小题2:What does the writer think of travelling by train?

A．Tiring.	B．Comfortable.
C．Exciting.	D．Awful.

小题3: What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To advise people to use cars less often.

B．To encourage people to travel by train.

C．To teach people how to use the buses.

D．To tell people to obey traffic rules.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A

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Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or only there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find a shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon become interested in some books or others, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent too much time there and have to rush off to keep some forgotten appointment.
This chance to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a bookshop. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can walk around such a place to your heart"s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will come up to you with the greeting "Can I help you?" You needn"t buy anything you don"t want. In a booksho

p an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. Then, and only then, are his services necessary.
Once a medical student had to read a textbook which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn"t borrow it from the library and the only copy h

e could find was in a certain bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was disappointed to find the book missing from his usual place. He was about to leave, when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book which was tucked away in a corner. "I put it there in case anyone tries to buy it !"He said, and left the delighted student continuing his reading.
小题1:According to the passage the main attraction of a bookshop is that ________.

A．people can learn something from books 　　

B．it can be a shelter from a sudden rain

C．it is the surrounding of new knowledge 　　

D．it offers a chance to get free from realities

小题2:The writer thinks that the assistant in a good bookshop should ________.

A．always greet customers pleasantly and warmly 　　

B．help the readers to find what they want to read

C．not say a word to the customers while they read 　　

D．not stand behind the bookshelf all the time

小题3:The underlined word "beckoning" in the last paragraph means ________.

A．waving somebody to come up	B．laughing at a person openly
C．shouting at somebody angrily	D．shaking one"s head to show disagreement

小题4:The purpose of the writer in writing the third paragraph is to ________.

A．tell us a story that happened in a bookshop 　　

B．support his idea of what a good bookshop is like

C．teach us how to read in a shop without buying books

D．advise us to help other people whenever we can

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What do you know about the sea? We know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. We also know that it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it?
The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. When you look at the map of the world you will find there is more water than land. The sea covers three quarters of the world.
The sea is also very deep in some places. It is not deep everywhere. Some parts of the sea are very shallow. But in some places the depth of the sea is very great. There is one spot, near Japan, where the sea is nearly 11 kilometers deep! The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain were put into the sea at that place, there would he 2 kilometers of water above it ! What a deep place !
If you have swum in the sea, you know that it is salty. You can taste the salt. Rivers, which flow into the sea, carry salt from the land into the sea. Some parts of the sea are saltier than other parts. There is one sea, called the Dead Sea, which is very salty. It is so salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea!
In most parts of the sea, there are plenty of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also millions of tiny living things that float in the sea. These floating things are so small that it is hard to see them. Many fish live by e

ating these

.
The sea can be very cold. Divers who go deep down in the sea know this. On the top the water may be warm. When the diver goes downwards, the sea becomes colder and colder. An

other thing happens. When the diver goes deeper, the water above presses down on him. It squeezes him. Then the diver has to wear clothes made of metal. But he cannot go very deep. Some people who wanted to go very deep used a very strong diving ship! They went down to the deepest part of the sea in it. They went down to a depth of eleven kilometers !
小题1:When does the sea look beautiful?

A．When it is calm.	B．When the weather is fine.
C．When there is a strong wind.	D．When there is a storm.

小题2: How much of the earth’s surface does land cover?

A．15%.

B．25%.

C．30%.

D．45%.

小题3:Why does the writer cite（引用） the sea somewhere near Japan?

A．To show that the sea in some places is very deep.

B．To show that the sea in some places is very shallow.

C．To show that its depth is 9 kilometers greater than the height of the highest mountain.

D．To

show that its depth is 11 kilometers greater than the height

of the highest mountain.
小题4:Which of the following statements about the Dead Sea is NOT true?

A．Swimmers cannot sink.	B．It is a safe place for swimmers.
C．It is extremely salty.	D．Fish can be found in it.

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If you don’t use a dictionary. What should you do instead? The first thing you can do is trying to guess what the word means. Often the surrounding context gives a very clear idea of the meaning of the word. Even if you can’t work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea, enough to enable you to continue reading.
Sometimes It is impossible to guess the meaning of a word from the context and then you will have to decide whether the word is important enough to make it worthwhile stopping and looking it up in a dictionary or whether you can just pass it by.
Many times in your reading, you will come across words which you don’t know, but which do not prevent you from understanding all the main points of the text. You can made your dictionary use much more efficient if you only look up the words which are necessary to understand the text. and this means that you must develop the skill to decide whether the words are worth looking up.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us in our reading what we would do .

A．without knowledge of English

B．when we look up words in a dictionary

C．when we are guessing new words

D．without using a dictionary

小题2:What does the underlined word“vague”mean?

A．Mysterious.

B．Not clear.

C．Exact.

D．Important.

小题3:In our reading some words we don’t know .

A．help us to understand the text well

B．don’t prevent us from understanding the main points of the text

C．will be remembered forever

D．are borrowed from other languages

小题4:In this passage the writer

A．advised us to use the dictionary as much as possible

B．told us not to be discouraged by the sight of a dictionary

C．gave us some advice on how to deal with these unknown words

D．introduced some ways to take notes in the course of reading

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New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk（收缩）. It’s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communication’s equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills.
Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic(国内的) business efforts.
Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive(行政的) ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.” He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superior will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more common.
Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.
English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate(候选人) the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.
The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clie

nts(客户) over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.
小题1:What is the author’s attitude toward high-tech communications equipment?

A．Critical.

B．Indifferent.

C．Negative.

D．Positive.

小题2:With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, business people_________.

A．have to get familiar with modern technology

B．are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operations

C．are placing more importance on their overseas business

D．are eager to work overseas

小题3: In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind” (Para. 3) probably means _________.

A．being unable to think properly for lack of insight

B．being totally out of touch with business at home

C．missing opportunities for promotion when abroad

D．leaving all care and worry behind

小题4:According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?

A．Connections with businesses overseas.	B．Ability to speak the client’s language.
C．Technical know-how.	D．Business experience.

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Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed tragically. Some parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty, for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests, would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair to the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?
Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interest. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance(遗传), conflicts would be sure to arise if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends upon fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of the parents simply because of bad luck?
Every child should be wanted for itself, as an individual. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person, a parent is deliberately（深思熟虑地） specifying(详细说明) the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the U.S., much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I suggest there is a greater need to consider the interests of the child and to reject these proposed uses of cloning.
40. What happens to parents in cloning a lost child?
A. Parents expect too much from the copy.
B. Parents may get a quite different copy.
C. Parents are sure to have an identical copy.
D. Parents lose the talents of the lost child.
41. What, in the author’s opinion, affects the success of parents’ dreams?
A. The cloned child’s interest in Einstein.
B. The cloned child’s natural talent.
C. The cloned child’s personality.
D. The efforts of the parents.
42. In the third paragraph, the author implies that ______.
A. the cloned child is viewed as independent
B. the right of growing in his own way is taken away from the cloned child
C. parents carefully protect the rights of the cloned child
D. parents are eager to wish the cloned child to be somebody.
43. In this passage, the author is mainly concerned about ______.
A. the future of a cloned child
B. the possibility of cloning people
C. the importance of cloning a lost child
D. the problems of cloning life

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