阅读理解。 Make the best of graduation secondhand market
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The hottest items at graduation sales are secondhand textbooks and class notes from graduating
upperclassmen. Some even sell guidelines for exams. Books used by upp
erclassmen will surely help you study.
Classics ranging from The Romance of Three Kingdoms and A Dream of the Red Mansion to
English novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Da Vinci Code have price tags much lower than their market price.
Senior women students sell off clothes for job interviews and dates with their boy friends. Some even
sell fashion hair straighteners and hairdry
ers. Most of them are in good condition. Secondhand bicycles are always the stars of the sale. The tip is to buy a lock which matches the price of the bike.
Electronic devices（装置）such as MP4 players, recorders and PCs are also popular. But be
careful when choosing because dorm electric devices can be in poor condition because of overuse.
1. What are the favorite things sold at the graduation sales?
A. MP4 players and fashion clothes.
B. Secondhand textbooks and class notes.
C. Classics and secondhand bikes.
D. PCs and fashion hair straighteners.
2. According to the text, what should be taken into account when you buy a used bike?
A. A good quality hairdryer.
B. An electronic device.
C. A fashion hair straightener.
D. A well-matched lock.
3. Why should electric devices be carefully chosen at the market?
A. Because they are practical at a low price.
B. Because they are bargains in good quality.
C. Because they have already been overused.
D. Because they will do harm to your health.
答案
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baskets are full of sugar, salt and even tissue paper.
While prices are rising so fast, many people are worrying out ways to cut down their expenses. Du Z
henqi, an 80-year-old Beijinger, grows different vegetables in the community yard. But this year, before they turned ripe, they were all picked by his neighbors. “The prices of vegetables have gone up dramatically,” said Du. “So I understand those people and it pleased me to offer them my help.” Du expressed his
sympathy for these who took away his vegetables without permission.
The rise of food price in China has made people with low incomes feel serious financial pressure and
forced them to spend wisely.
A collection of practical money-saving tips is thus becoming increasingly popular among Chinese
citizens. If you search “money-saving strategies” in Baidu, you will find 4.27 million entries in 0.19 seconds. The collection provides tips such as choosing local and seasonal products, avoiding buying vegetables on
rainy or snowy days when higher transport costs increase prices, using websites for purchases, and
planting vegetables on the balcony. Some consider buying in large quantity to stay within a tight budget.
Fei Yuqin, who lives in Shanghai, frequently hurries to a farmers’ market before 6 a.m. to buy large
amounts of vegetables for her family and neighbors. “Instead of buying small amounts, I buy large amounts of vegetables at the market and get a 50-percent discount.”
With these tips, many people have become experts in cutting household expenses. However, financial
pressure caused by the current round of price rising still troubles many Chinese people.
1. The underlined word “lessen” in Paragraph 1 probably means "_______".
A. indicate
B. increase
C. remove
D. reduce
2. Paragraph 2 functions as _______ in the text.
A. an introduction
B. a conclusion
C. an example
D. a hook
3. Fei Yuqin’s story tells us that to save money buyers can _______.
A. buy products in large quantity
B. avoid buying vegetables in bad weather
C. choose local seasonal goods
D. plant vegetables in the community yard
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. More mainland Chinese travel to Hong Kong to avoid the financial pressure.
B. Du Zhenqi is so angry with those picking his vegetables without permission.
C. People stay within a tight budget due to their ignorance to money-saving tips.
D. Many Chinese are still in trouble with the current dramatically rising prices.
5. The text is mainly about _______.
A. a pleasant journey for mainland Chinese to Hong Kong
B. practical strategies in cutting the household expenses
C. some popular tips on using websites for purchases
D. solutions to the problems happening in neighborhood
daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study．
As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming
rather thin on the ground． 2 For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency
as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall"s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the
catwalk．
Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000
babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives． 3 When they reached
45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had．
Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child - but the
unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son． 4
Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own
features． 5 So it pays for attractive women to have daughters．But couples blessed with strength
and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to
males．
children than plain ones．
B．Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find．
C．Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man．
D．At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated by their teachers．
E．Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters．
F．And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps．
G．Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than
uglier couples．
research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists (考古学家) says.In a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, 40 archaeologists write of their “deep and widespread
concern” about the issue.It centres on the law introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains unearthed in England and Wales to be reburied within two years, regardless of their age.The decision means scientists have too little time to study bones and other human remains of national and
cultural significance.
"Your current requirement that all archaeologically unearthed human remains should be reburied,
whether after a standard period of two years or further special extension, is contrary to basic principles of archaeological and scientific research and of museum practice." they write.
The law applies to any pieces of bone uncovered at around 400 dig sites, including the remains of 60 or so bodies found at Stonehenge in 2008 that date back to 3,000 BC.Archaeologists have been granted a
temporary extension to give them more time, but eventually the bones will have to be returned to the
ground.
The arrangements may result in the waste of future discoveries at sites such as Happisburgh in Norfolk, where digging is continuing after the discovery of stone tools made by early humans 950,000 years ago.If
human remains were found at Happisburgh, they would be the oldest in northern Europe and the first
indication of what this species was.Under the current practice of the law those remains would have to be
reburied and effectively destroyed.
Before 2008, guidelines allowed for the proper preservation and study of bones of sufficient age and
historical interest, while the Burial Act 1857 applied to more recent remains.The Ministry of Justice
assured archaeologist two years ago that the law was temporary, but has so far failed to revise it.
Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at Sheffield University, said: "Archaeologists have been
extremely patient because we were led to believe the ministry was sorting out this problem, but we feel that we cannot wait any longer."
The ministry has no guidelines on where or how remai
ns should be reburied, or on what records should be kept.1．According to the passage, scientists are unhappy with the law mainly because _____.
A．it is only a temporary measure on the human remains
B．it is unreasonable and thus destructive to scientific research
C．it was introduced by the government without their knowledge
D．it is vague about where and how to rebury human remains
2．Which of the following statements is true according to the pa
ssage?A．Temporary extension of two years will guarantee scientists enough time.
B．Human remains of the oldest species were dug out at Happisburgh.
C．Human remains will have to be reburi
ed despite the extension of time.D．Scientists have been warned that the law can hardly be changed.
3．What can be inferred about the British law governing human remains?
A．The Ministry of Justice did not intend it to protect human remains.
B．The Burial Act 1857 only applied to remains uncovered before 1857.
C．The law on human remains hasn"t changed in recent decades.
D．The Ministry of Justice has not done enough about the law.
4．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A．New discoveries should be reburied, the government demands
B．Research time should be extended, scientists require
C．Law on human remains needs thorough discussion, authorities say
D．Law could bury ancient secrets for ever, archaeologists warn
at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have seven or eight children, of whom four or five
lived till they were five years old and up. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have
been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health
made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually
a woman"s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another
thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.
This important change in women"s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women"s
economic (经济的) position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job.
However, when they married their school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that
age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before
their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to fuller part-time work. Such changes have led
to a new relationship in marriage (婚姻), with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and
satisfactions of family life.
B. seven or eight children lived to be more than five
C. the youngest child would be fifteen
D. four or five children died when they were five
B. does not like children herself
C. needn"t worry about food for her children
D. can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty
B. leave school as soon as they can
C. marry so that they can get a job
D. continue working until they are going to have a baby
B. marry men younger than themselves
C. start working again in life
D. marry while still at school
B. helps his wife by doing much of the housework
C. feels dissatisfied with his part in the family
D. takes a part-time job so that he can help in the home
One of the strongest arguments for the raising of the school leaving age(ROSLA)has been that it will
bring us some way nearer to"equality of opportunity".
Many people like to think of our present system of schooling as providing plenty of steps up the
ladder of success for clever children. It would be good to think that no one who is really bright can be
missed out when the state system is obviously so complete. It is obvious, for instance, that many children
from less wealthy homes reach university or do well in other ways.
Unfortunately we now have plenty of proofs that many children of every level of ability do much less
well than they could. For instance, during the years of national military service it was possible to test the
intelligence(智力)of all male 18 - to - 20 - year - olds. Half of those soldiers who were placed in the two
highest ability groups had left school at 15.
It has also been shown that the percentage of working class children going to university is almost the
same now as it was in 1939. One study of 5,000 children from birth to 21 years old shows that up to half
the bright pupils from working class homes left school when they reached 16 years old. Moreover, there is no difference in intelligence between the sexes, but far more boys than girls stay in education after 16.
It is clear from this and many other proofs that many children are still leaving school too early to benefit from the prizes-money, social respectability, and interesting jobs-which higher education gives. It is clear
too that the reasons why such children leave have much to do with their social background. Their parents
often need the extra money another money-earner would bring in; they don"t value education for itself
because their own was probably dull and unhappy. It is not so much that they force their sons and
daughters to leave school, rather that they tend to say, "it"s up to you".
1. It is hoped that ROSLA will give all children .
A. a more enjoyable time at school
B. the same chances in society
C. the right to a better school
D. higher scores in intelligence tests
2. People would like to think that .
A. equal numbers of poor and wealthy children reach university
B. those with the least money get the best education
C. intelligent children are always selected by the system
D. only really clever children do well
3. Working class children are thought to be at a disadvantage because .
A. many of the clever ones leave school early
B. fewer go to university than ever before
C. more than half leave school when they are 16
D. fewer boys than girls stay at school after 16
4. Many children leave school early because .
A. their social background makes them unhappy
B. they have to give something to their family"s income
C. their school is a dull and unhappy place
D. their parents don"t allow them to make their own decisions
5. This article shows that equal opportunity in education .
A. is a thing of the past
B. has not yet been achieved
C. is there for those who deserve(值得拥有)it
D. has greatly improved our society
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