Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I
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Last night I drove a long way (about 500 km) to return home. It was late and I was driving fast because I wanted to get home as soon as possible. So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead.
Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I drove near, it turned red. I stopped my car at once. I looked left，right and behind. I found no cars or persons — I was alone on the road. The person who would come to the crossroad was at least a mile away in any direction. Certainly going through the light would cause no danger. I could pass the traffic light. But strangely enough, I just stopped there, waiting for several minutes until the light went green. I asked myself why I refused to run the light. Surely it was unnecessary for me to be afraid of danger or being fined (罚款), because there were no cars or police around at all. But I remained waiting until the light changed.
When I finally got home, it was near midnight. My wife had fallen asleep. The question of why I stopped for that light came back to me again, because I stopped another two times for the red lights as “special” as the first one. I stopped, not because of the law, but because it was a good habit I had developed. In fact, we were used to doing something right just because we have made obeying the rules a good habit. We do it just because we should do it. I thought if another man met with the same thing, he would make the same choice. I believed so. And I could be trusted (信任) by others. I believed that everyone would and could control (控制) himself/herself well. It was amazing that we trusted each other to do the right things, wasn’t it?
小题1:When the author drove behind the slow-moving truck, he felt ____.| A．confused but happy | B．sleepy and tired | C．excited but tired | D．angry and worried |
小题2:Who made the author stopped at the crossroad?| A．A policeman. | B．The author’s wife. | C．The author himself. | D．Another driver. |
小题3:The author waited until the light went green because ____.| A．running the light would make him fined | B．he was afraid to cause an accident | | C．he was prevented by the passers-by | D．he was used to obeying traffic rules |
小题4:The author is a person who ____.| A．believes others easily | B．can control himself well | | C．treats others very unfriendly | D．is very experienced in driving |
小题5: We can infer from the passage that ____.| A．running the light could help the author get home earlier | | B．the author’s wife was angry because he got home late | | C．the truck driver in front of the author might be drunk | | D．it was very necessary to have very strict traffic rules |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍作者在路上遇到红灯，虽然周围没有其他的车，他还是等到红灯停了才开车，作者认为这是自己习惯遵守交通规则导致的，也认为其他人也会这么做，也应该这么做。
小题1:推理题：从第一段的句子：So several times when I was driving behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, I wanted to shout at the driver ahead.可知作者在缓慢开的卡车后面的时候，很生气，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：Then I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. As I drove near, it turned red. I stopped my car at once.可知在十字路口作者自己停下来的，选 C
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：I stopped, not because of the law, but because it was a good habit I had developed.可知作者停下是因为他习惯了遵守交通规则，选D
小题4:推理题：从第三段的句子：I believed that everyone would and could control (控制) himself/herself well. 可知作者是个自控力很好的人，选B
小题5:推理题：从第三段的句子：When I finally got home, it was near midnight. 可知如果作者闯红灯就可以早些到家，选A |
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The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious （叛逆的） and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall, “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
小题1:What is the popularly- held image of teenagers?| A．They worry about their school life. | | B．They live in harmony with their parents. | | C．They have to be locked in to avoid making troubles. | | D．They quarrel a lot with their parents. |
小题2:The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______.| A．share family responsibility | B．cause trouble in their families | | C．go boating with their family | D．make family decisions |
小题3:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents______．| A．go to clubs more often with their children | | B．are much stricter with their children | | C．care less about their children’s life | | D．give their children more freedom |
小题4:According to the author, teenage rebellion _______．| A．may be a false belief | B．is common nowadays | | C．is based on real facts | D．resulted from changes in families |
小题5:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Negotiation in family. | B．Education in family. | | C．Harmony in family. | D．Teenage trouble in family. |
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Long working hours,the fewest holidays and the high cost of living mean the big salaries on offer（可使用的）in the UK do not go as far as those earned in other countries,making Britain and Ireland the worst places to live in Europe．
France and Spain are the two countries topping the European Quality of Life Index（指数）out today,according to the place comparison website Switch．com．
The French enjoy longer lives,better healthcare,more holidays and cheaper prices．In contrast Britons work three years longer and die two years younger after paying above the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes．The amount we spend on healthcare and education is below the European average．
Only Ireland and Poland spend less,but Ireland has more doctors and hospital beds and Poland has more beds than the UK．People in Germany,Spain,France,Italy,the Netherlands and Sweden all enjoy longer life expectancy than Britons．And while we may be giving up work earlier,the average age at which we retire is still the fourth highest in Europe——and the UK state retirement age is set to rise．
Ann Robinson,of Switch．com,said:“There’s more to good living than money and this report shows why so many Britons are giving up on （对……不再抱希望）the UK and heading to France and Spain．We earn substantially more than our European neighbors,but this level of income is needed just to keep a roof over our heads,food on the table and our homes warm” ． “It’s giving us a decent standard of living,but it’s not helping us achieve the quality of life that people in other countries enjoy．For too long the focus in the UK had been on standard of living rather than quality of life．”
小题1:In Europe,to enjoy the best quality of life,you’d better live in _______．| A．Britian and Ireland | B．Spain and France | | C．Ireland and Poland | D．Britian and Italy |
小题2:Which of the following about the UK is TRUE according to the passage?| A．People in the UK pay more than the European average for fuel,food,alcohol and cigarettes． | | B．People in the UK enjoy the highest quality of life． | | C．People in the UK spend most on the healthcare and education． | | D．People in the UK die two years older than in France． |
小题3:The underlined word“decent”in the last paragraph means “_______”| A．good enough | B．bad enough | C．ordinary | D．neither bad nor good |
小题4:What do you think would be the best title for the passage?| A．Money is a must to make you live a good life． | | B．High standard of living means good quality of life． | | C．High standard of living is one thing and good quality of life is another． | | D．To live a good life,go to Britian． |
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You hear a rumor（谣言）from a friend,who heard it from another friend,who read it on a note passed in math class,which was written by somebody who probably just made it up．Chances are rumors are always spreading around your school．Sometimes it can be very hurtful．But why do people still do so?
When people are feeling bad about themselves,they sometimes think they’ll feel better if there were someone worse off than they are．It’s okey being near the bottom,as long as they’re not actually on the bottom．The easiest way for them to make sure someone else is on the bottom is to make up a rumor that puts him or her there．
If everybody else is spreading rumors,you might feel you have to do the same thing in order to fit in．Unfortunately,the person who the gossip or rumor is about is usually let out of the group for the same reason that you’re let into it．
When you know a secret that nobody knows,or are the first person in your group to hear a rumor,it can make you the center of attention．A rumor or piece of gossip is sometimes like money;telling it to people is like buying their attention．Certain people always want to be at the top of the ladder（梯子）．You probably know at least one person who wishes to be the leader,and make all the decisions．One way they do this is by reducing the status（地位）of another person．Spreading rumors and gossip is one way people reduce another person’s status．
Sometimes a period when everyone is happy and getting along just seems kind of dull．Spreading rumors might get two people to start a fight,and that would make life a little more exciting．All those newspapers and TV shows full of gossip about famous people are proving that rumors are a popular form of entertainment．
小题1:We know from Paragraph 2 that some people spread rumors to _______．| A．be more confident | B．feel like part of a group | | C．attract attention | D．be more powerful |
小题2:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 may mean some people _______．| A．love looking down from a high position． | | B．hope to become leaders． | | C．are not afraid of falling down． | | D．are fond of spreading rumors． |
小题3:What do we know from the last paragraph?| A．Famous people like spreading rumors． | | B．Rumors can make people feel bored． | | C．Some people seek excitement from rumors． | | D．There are many rumors in newspapers． |
小题4:The passage is mainly about ________．| A．what rumors mean | B．how hurtful a rumor is | | C．how people spread rumors | D．why people spread rumors |
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This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store where I am employed as a shop assistant.
When you took my bag, I don’t know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, there"s not much left on a Tuesday. I hope the ￡5 was useful to you. If you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book. Of course, I phoned the bank right away and the check-cashing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be of much use to you.
Actually I don’t care about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that!
I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers and notes that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?
Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasn’t even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably threw it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We"ve looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop.
I"m not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern life can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shrugged their shoulders. “It happens all the time,” they told me. Some small comfort, I suppose. But I’ve lost just a little more faith in human nature. And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, “Why? Mummy, why us?” I couldn"t answer that question. I wonder if you can.
小题1: In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to .| A．describe the contents of the bag in detail | | B．tell the thieves hardly any money was available | | C．state the fact that she was careless with the money | | D．give some suggestions to the three thieves |
小题2:Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer?| A．The cash in her bag. | | B．The handbag itself. | | C．The papers and notes in the bag. | | D．The check book in the bag. |
小题3:What can we conclude about the police?| A．They are unable to find the thieves. | | B．They show sympathy to the woman. | | C．They have doubts about human nature. | | D．They think the case quite common. |
小题4: Why does the author write the letter?| A．To give the thieves a serious warning. | | B．To express her affection for her valuable bag. | | C．To call people’s attention to their belongings. | | D．To complain about the fall of morality. |
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Travelling abroad for leisure is becoming more and more popular for Chinese. The UK is high up in the list of places that the Chinese want to visit. There is a sense of mystery about the UK; it’s often the images of England’s green parks, countryside and Victorian houses that people point to as an alternative to polluted, overcrowded cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou.
The capital is viewed as modern and dynamic, while being filled deep with history. When asked what other images are thought of by the UK, the reply is often “the Queen, tea and Oxbridge”. So what’s stopping them actually coming? Sebastian Wood ,the British ambassador in Beijing, has described the UK as a “fortress”, and while this is perhaps an exaggeration(夸张)，Britain does have a reputation as a country that is harder to access.
The main problem for Chinese tourists is obvious. Although visa applications are now completed online, visitors are still required to visit one of 12 UK centers across the country for a face-to-face interview and fingerprinting. If you don’t live near one of these enters already, you’d have to travel some distance to get there.
Another problem is also to be mentioned. If travelers from China visit the UK, they also want to cover as much ground as possible. But the UK is not included in the Schengen visa, which allows access to a host of 26 European countries such as France and Germany. So it makes the former seem a less worth it.
There is also the issue of cost: £47 for a Schengen visa, £82 for the UK. On top of this, the UK is viewed as stricter in its handing of visas compared with the rest of Europe, fed by urban legends of rejected applications. In the end, the decision comes down to one question: Is Britain worth a visit?
小题1: The underlined word “fortress ” in paragraph2 is something similar to ______.| A．temple | B．apartment | C．castle | D．market |
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true for the UK visa?| A．One can apply for a visa online. | | B．One must have a face-to-face interview. | | C．No one can get a visa without a fingerprinting. | | D．No one needs to travel a long distance to get a center. |
小题3:What can a visitor do if he gets a Schengen visa?| A．He can only visit the UK. | | B．He can only visit 26 European countries. | | C．He can visit the UK and France. | | D．He can travel to any country he likes. |
小题4:What is the writer’s attitude towards visiting the UK?| A．He really supports Chinese people to visit the UK. | | B．He suggests Chinese people visit London strongly. | | C．He thinks it is troublesome to visit the UK. | | D．He believes everyone should go to see the Queen and Oxbridge. |
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