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It"s certain:for twins,life really does imitate art.My twin brother,Kirk,and I grew up being constantly mistaken for each （处理这个问题） other.Classmates,friends,teachers,even relatives couldn"t tell us apart. As a result,we were often unfairly punished or rewarded.
Eventually,we learned how to use the Mistaken Identity Syndrome (MIS) to our advantage.For example,we would play tricks on our friends and classmates,pretending to be the other twin.Nor were teachers immune(不受某事物影响) to our tricks.On at least one occasion,when Kirk was sick,I covered for (替代) him by taking his tests.We also tried our little game out on Mom,but she always knew who was who.Once we grew up，we even covered for each other at work.We didn"t mean any harm;we simply started this as an experiment to see whether our bosses and co-workers could tell the difference.
As a bank manager, I meet with dozens of clients(顾客) on a daily basis, while my brother manages a staffing service for local employers. As a result, Kirk is constantly approached by people who want to discuss their various money accounts, while I"m frequently thanked on the street as a department store customer service representative.
However, the MIS took a truly embarrassing turn when Kirk and I found ourselves unable to tell each other apart. Once, my brother and I were traveling in a car with several friends. My brother"s hair must always be in place. Kirk was driving when he noticed in the rearview mirror (后视镜) that his hair was a bit messy.
He lifted his right hand to brush his hair back into place and was disturbed when his hand didn"t appear in the mirror. Several times he repeated this action. Finally, he started laughing.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, we know that .

A．few people can tell the author from Kirk

B．the author was punished more than Kirk

C．the author was always rewarded though he was wrong

D．being twins is really a good thing for both twins

小题2:According to the passage, the Mistaken Identity Syndrome is .

A．a kind of disease difficult to cure

B．the situation of mistaking identities

C．the tricks that children like to play

D．the way to separate two similar things

小题3: It can be inferred that when the author covers for his brother at work， .

A．he is often successful

B．he means to harm his boss

C．his brother is seriously ill

D．he often behaves strangely

小题4: Why did Kirk laugh at last?

A．He felt embarrassed about his hair.

B．His brother"s hair was really messy.

C．His brother was doing the same thing.

D．He became the victim of the MIS.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D

解析

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Have you ever heard the old saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.”? This is a good rule to follow when trying to judge the intelligence of others. Some people have minds that shine only in certain situations. A young man with an unusual gift in writing may find himself speechless before a pretty girl when he speaks. He may not be able to find the right words. But don’t make the mistake of thinking him stupid. With a pen and paper, he can express himself better than anybody else.
Other people may fool you into overestimating(过高估计) their intelligence by putting up a good front. A student who listens attentively and takes notes in class is bound to (一定会) make a favorable impression on his teachers. But when it comes to exams, he may score near the bottom of the class.
In a word, you can’t judge someone by appearance. The only way to determine a person’s intelligence is to get to know him. Then you can see how he reacts to different situations. The more situations you see, the better your judgment is likely to be. So take your time. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
小题1:The passage suggests that ______.

A．a good writer may not be a good speaker

B．a good writer is always a good speaker

C．a speechless person always writes well

D．a good writer will find himself speechless

小题2:According to this passage, a student who listens attentively and takes notes in class
______________.

A．is an intelligent student

B．may not be an intelligent student

C．will score better in exams

D．will not be a good student

小题3:The passage suggests that we should judge a person’s intelligence through ______.
A. his teachers B,his deeds in the classroom
C. his appearance D. his reactions to different situations
小题4:The writer of this passage wants to tell us not to______.

A．judge a book by its cover

B．make the mistake of thinking a young man stupid

C．overestimate a student’s intelligence

D．judge a person’s intelligence by his appearance

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Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one survey, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者) listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese preschools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to work as a member of a group. The huge majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.
Like in America, there is diversity (多样性) in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated（一流的） schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing (智能化) in some Japanese kindergartens.
小题1:We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe .

A．Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents

B．Japan’s economic success is a result of its scientific achievements

C．Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic instruction

D．Japan’s higher education is superior to theirs

小题2:In Japan’s preschool education, the focus is on .

A．preparing children academically	B．developing children’s artistic interests
C．developing children’s potential	D．shaping children’s character

小题3:Why do some Japanese parents send their children to university-based kindergartens?

A．They can do better in their future studies.

B．They can make more group experience grow there.

C．They can be self-centered when they grow up.

D．They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.

小题4:Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to .

A．broaden children’s knowledge	B．train children’s creativity
C．lighten children’s study load	D．enrich children’s experience

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They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that makes up 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed. A storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored (政府资助的) youth center, even among those who are continuing their studies.
“We study for jobs that don’t exist,” Nicollets Steggerda, 23, said.
After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing.
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent. The title of a rock song “No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France.
One form of protest(抗议) tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of prosperity.
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation, even the right to a standard of living that they see around them.
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the café, and sit and stare,” said Isabella Cault. "There is usually not much conversation. You look for happiness. Sometimes you even find it.”
小题1:Unemployment in the Netherlands has affected _______

A．about 0.6 million people	B．250,000 people
C．1ess than half of the population	D．one million people

小题2:What Nicollete Steggerda said (Para.2) means that ________.

A．what the students learn is more than necessary

B．the students cannot get work after graduation

C．the students’ aim in study is not clear

D．school education is not sufficient

小题3:The underlined word ‘‘it” in the last paragraph most probably refers to ________.

A．material enjoyment	B．a sense of expectation
C．a job	D．happiness

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．British youths have pity on the unemployed on the Continent．

B．British youths care about unemployment in France and Belgium．

C．British youths show their disappointment over joblessness．

D．British youths have confidence to find work on the Continent．

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China’s Ministry of Culture has recommended 10 cyber games(网络游戏) that are suitable for minors to play as part of its drive to purify the on-line environment for the young.
The 10 cyber games were selected by the ministry’s on-line games censorship committee from scores of games recommended by the Chinese public.l
The games are all domestic products. They include five role playing games (RPG), four recreation and chess games, and one educational game, such as “Warring States Ⅱ Online,” “Rainbow Island Online,” and “Wonderlands of learning and games.”
These games have made their way into the final recommendation list because they are considered “healthy” and can “enhance intelligence,” according to the ministry.
The ministry hoped the list could serve a a guidance for parents to better direct their children in the winter vacation, which usually lasts nearly two months from January to February each year.
This was the third time for the ministry to publish recommended cyber games list. The previous two were made public respectively in January 2006 and August 2005 with a total of 25 games inlisted.
In the past few years, on- line games have become the favorite pastime of young people. However, it is argued that such social problems as game addiction, juvenile delinquency (青少年犯罪) and perversion among minors by on-line violence and pornography (色情) have come from an inadequately regulated Internet.
About 9.72 percent of Chinese netizens between the ages of 13 and 30 suffer Internet addiction, said a report issued last month by the China Youth Association for Network Development (CYAND).
According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC), the main Internet watchdog, China had 210million Internet users at the end of 2007 and its online population is on course to become the world’s largest at the beginning of this year.
Net users between 18 and 30 accounted for 49.9percent of the total users. Although the CINIC did not give the figure of those below 18, teenagers and youths have obviously taken up more than half of the total number of net users. And the number of users under age 18 increased rapidly last year, the CINIC noted.
小题1:What do you know about the 10cyber games ?

A．They are expected to help parents to better direct their children in the summer vacation.

B．They include five RPG, forty chess games and one educational game.

C．They are suitable for teenagers.

D．They are all foreign products.

小题2:According to the passage, how many teenagers and youths become net users at the end of 2007?

A．Mor than 105 million.

B．Less than 105 million.

C．About 210 million.

D．104.79 million.

小题3:What can be inferred from the passage?

A．A lot of Chinese netizens suffer Internet addition.

B．On-line games can cause a lot of social problems such as game addition, juvenile delinquency.

C．Parents sometimes have trouble in directing their children about on-line games.

D．The ministry has recommended 25 games till now.

小题4:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to purify the on-line environment for the young.

B．10 “suitable” cyber games for teenagers.

C．The disadvantages of cyber games.

D．Chinese authority lists 10 “suitable” E-games for teenagers.

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三、阅读理解（40分）
Maps are our oldest literature(文献),older than books.People think a map was the first thing the human ever wrote to communicate each other.Perhaps one million years ago,with a stick in the mud of a lake bed,the earlier human drew some lines to stand for a lake,a river,a thick forest and some good hunting grounds beyond the forest.
It made so much sense that people took it for magic(魔术),they expressed the world in a picture.There was something so real about this new thing called "map" that it helped us believe we could get there.It not only strengthened belief that good hunting existed beyond the forest,but it strongly suggested that the future existed;it was a place we could go to and be there tomorrow.What a comfort.On maps all paths lead somewhere.
41.Which of the following statements is true?
A.Maps can"t be used to communicate each other.
B.Maps have the same long history as books.
C.No matter how hard you study them,maps don"t make any sense.
D.None of the above is true.
42.The earlier human used lines drawn in the mud to express_________.
A.the whole world                              B.real places
C.strong belief                                          D.great comfort
43.Now people regard some lines drawn by the earlier human as _________.
A.the beginning of maps           B.the chanting form of maps
C.real maps                      D.a part of maps
44.It can be concluded that _________.
A.maps are the most useful way of communicating each other
B.the first map showed somewhere far away
C.the first map showed somewhere very near
D.the first map showed all directions

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