阅读理解。     Imagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your offi

阅读理解。     Imagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your offi

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阅读理解。     Imagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of
hours, and then, after a full day of work, going back home to Beijing and having dinner there.
     Sounds unusual, doesn"t it? But it"s not that unrealistic, with the development of China"s high-speed railway
system. And that"s not all. China has an even greater high-speed railway plan-to connect the country with
Southeast Asia, and eventually Eastern Europe.
     China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 1 0 to 15 years,
eventually reaching London and Singapore.
     China has proposed three such projects. The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via
Vietnam and Malaysia. Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and possibly
to Germany. The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe.
     If China"s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward, people could zip over from London to Beijing in
under two days.
     The new system would still follow China"s high-speed railway standard. And the trains would be able to go
346 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as some airplanes.
     China"s bullet train (高速客车), the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou, already has the World"s fastest
average speed. It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours.
     Of course, there are some technical challenges to overcome. There are so many issues that need to be
settled,such as safety, rail gauge (轨距), maintenance of railway tracks. So, it"s important to pay attention to
every detail.
     But the key issue is really money. China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic
railway expansion.
     China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment. Resources
from those countries could stream into China to sustain development.
     It"ll be a win-win project. For other countries, the railway network will definitely create more opportunities
for business, tourism and so on, not to mention the better communication among those counties.
     For China, such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed
resources, but would also help develop China"s far west. We foresee that in the coming decades, millions of
people will migrate to the western regions,where the land is empty and resources unused. With high-speed
trains, people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all. And they"ll trade with
Central Asian and Eastern European countries. 1. China"s new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because _____. [     ]
A. China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions
B. China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways
C. China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries
D. the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation,business and tourism 2. According to the passage,the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is _____. [     ]
A. technical issues
B. safety of the system
C. financial problems
D. maintenance of railway tracks 3. Which of the following words best describes the author"s attitude towards China"s high-speed railway plan?A. Critical.
B. Reserved.
C. Doubtful
D. Positive. 4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?[     ]
A. New Railway Standards
B. Big Railway Dreams
C. High-speed Bullet Trains
D. International Railway Network
答案
1. B  2. C  3. D  4. B
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阅读理解。     Today, more and more people are using credit cards (信用卡) instead of money to buy the things they need.
Almost anyone who has a steady income (收入) and continuous work record can apply for a credit card.
     If you have a credit card, you buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip, and even get a haircut by changing the cost
to your account (帐户). You can pay for purchases a month or two later, without any extra charge. Or you may
choose to spread out your payments over several months and pay only part of the total amount each month. If
you do this, the credit card company of the bank who sponsors the credit card will add a small service charge
to your bill. This is very convenient for customers. With the credit card in your wallet or purse, you don"t have
to carry much cash (现金). This saves your trips to the bank to cash checks. Also if you carry credit cards
instead of a lot of cash, you don"t have to be concerned about losing your money through carelessness or theft.
     Credit cards are big business. Americans spend $16 billion a year on cards. Credit card companies make a
profit from the fees they charge the store and also from the fees collected from customers who pay for their
charges in monthly installments (注册). However, credit card companies sometimes have problems collecting
overdue payments from unreliable customers if they charge more than they can pay for.
     Yet, in many ways, the big loser in the credit card system is not the credit card company, the store, or the
card user, but rather the general customer. The store makes up for the fees it pays to the credit card company
by increasing prices for goods and services. Stores may have more sales if they accept cards, but the added
cost to the store when credit cards are accepted instead of cash is actually passed on to all consumers in higher
prices. In this way, the cash customer suffers for the convenience the credit card customer enjoys. 1. According to the passage, nearly everyone can apply for(申请) credit cards if he or she can prove to be ____. [     ]
A. a dependable and honest person
B. a person with an income and work experience
C. a person with work experience but no regular income
D. a person with a regular income and an unbroken work record 2. If you are a credit card holder, you don"t have to carry _____ on you. [     ]
A. many coins
B. much cash
C. many credits
D. much change 3. We can infer from the passage that _____ suffer most financially from the credit card system.[     ]
A. the shops
B. the card holders
C. the ordinary customers
D. the credit card companies and banks
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阅读理解。     WASHINGTON-Worldwide sales of personal computer in 1995 rose 24.7 percent over 1994 with Compaq
(美国康柏电脑公司) holding its first-place position while IBM overcame (击败) Apple for the No.2 slot (表上
排名), according to Dataquest.
     A total of 59.7 million computers were sold around the world with important gains (获得) in Japan and
Europe.
     Compaq sold 5.99 million computers, or 10 percent of the market, unchanged from 1994.
     IBM sold 4.7 million with an 8 percent share of the market compared with 8.2 percent in 1994.
     Apple sold 4.7 million, or 7.8 percent of the trade, compared with 8.4 percent in 1994.
     Their lost market share was taken up by Packard Bell and NEC, which sold 3.1 million and 2.8 million
computers separately. 1. Which company was the first in selling computers in 1994? [     ]
A. Compaq
B. IBM
C. Apple
D. NEC 2. Which company sold the third most computers in 1995? [     ]
A. Compaq 
B.IBM 
C. Apple 
D. NEC 3. What was the market share of Compaq in 1994? [     ]
A. 5.99%
B. 8.2%
C. 8.4%
D. 10% 4. Packard Bell and NEC take up about _____ of the market share in 1995. [     ]
A. 8.2%
B. 52%
C. 10%
D. 5%
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阅读理解。     As financial crisis today claimed more victims this week on Wall Street, the rest of the world"s markets
and banks have been in disorder. In Britain, 45,000 banking jobs are now in danger.
     Another financial giant has fallen in Britain. This time, it is poor HBOS which owns Halifax Bank and the
Bank of Scotland. Lloyds Banks has agreed to take over HBOS but, reports say, that has put 40,000 jobs at
risk.
     The takeover comes as fears of a global financial collapse (a sudden failure) following the heavy losses
among some of the world"s biggest financial institutions. Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers went
into bankruptcy this week, and other large investment houses have been sold off or propped up (支撑) by the
US government. Central banks from the US, Japan and the European Union have pumped hundreds of billions
of dollars into the banking system to try to avoid a collapse. Stock markets have suffered sharp losses.
     In Russia, trading on the country"s main stock exchanges was stopped for two days this week because of
the financial collapse. When controllers suspended (暂停) trading at mid-day Wednesday, Russia"s RTS Index
of leading stocks had fallen nearly 6.5percent, adding to its 50 percent drop since June 1.
     But there are those who say that this is just another cycle. Business analyst Robbie Clayton says after the
boom, now it is time for the decline, and the world economy will recover. But with so much instability, experts
say the final curtain is unlikely to drop on the financial crisis any time soon.
     On the streets of London"s financial sector, many say they have been left in shock and are simply waiting
to see what will happen next. 1. What caused the takeover mentioned in the text? [     ]
A. The unemployment.
B. The financial crisis.
C. The failure of HBOS"s investments.
D. The support of the central bank for Lloyds TSB. 2. Which of the following diagrams shows the RIGHT relationship among those banks? A.
B.
C.
D. 3. According to Robbie Clayton, _____. [     ]
A. developed countries are to blame for the crisis
B. the decline will go on for a long time
C. the crisis will affect more and more countries
D. there"ll be new economic developments after the crisis 4. What"s people"s attitude towards the crisis according to the last paragraph?[     ]
A. They"re confident that they can overcome it.
B. They don"t believe the crisis has come.
C. They feel desperate at their own future.
D. They don"t know how to deal with it. 5. What would be the best title for this text? [     ]
A. Countries find different reasons for global financial crisis.
B. Countries react differently to global financial crisis.
C. Global financial crisis causes social problems in London.
D. Global financial crisis hits banks in London and other parts.
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阅读理解。     Somali pirates (海盗) robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly l,200 Miles off the
Somali coast, the farthest-off-shore attack to date, an officer said Tuesday.
     Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols (巡逻) by warships off the Somali
shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the
international force, said a spokesman.
     The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates
were having a "marked effect on pirate activity in the area".
     "Once they start attacking that far out, you"re not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water
that have any connection with Somalia," said an officer, Roger Middleton. "Once you"re that far out, it"s just
the Indian Ocean, and it means you"re looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia, from Asia to South Africa." 
     "This is the farthest robbing to date. They are now operating near the Maldives and India," said another
officer.
     The three ships-the MV Prantalay l l,12, a nd l 4-had 77 members on board in total. All of them are Thai,
the spokesman said. Before the Sunday robbing, pirates held l l ships and 228 sailors.
     Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes of catching more dollar payments. Because of
increased patrols and defenses on board ships, the success rate (率) has gone down, though the number of
successful attacks has stayed the same year over year. 1. The pirate attack reported in the text happened _____.[     ]
A. far out in the Indian Ocean
B. in the normal patrol area
C. near the Somali, coast
D. in the south of Africa 2. According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems? [     ]
A. More goods on board are lost.
B. Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.
C. The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.
D. Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast. 3. Which is true about the warship patrols according to the text? [     ]
A. The patrols are of little effect.
B. The patrols are more difficult.
C. More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.
D. The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas. 4. How many sailors were held by the pirates up to the time of the report? [     ]
A. 228.
B. 77.
C. 383.
D. 305.
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Reading comprehension.     Some people believe that international sports create goodwill between the nations and that if countries play
games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: those international contests
encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both
arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages
international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games
were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
     One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been
noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced
that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents" victory was unfair. Their
manager was in a rage when he said:"This wasn"t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are
finished." The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team
for at least three years.
     The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable
end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won,
by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw
the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time
the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours
before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals. 
     Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the
game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much
to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive
patriotism (爱国主义). 1. According to the author, the recent Olympic Games have ______. [     ]
A. created goodwill between nations
B. bred only false national pride
C. barely showed any international friendship
D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred 2. What would the manager mean by saying, "...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished"?[     ]
A. His team would no longer take part in international games.
B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.
C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.
D. The Federation should be dissolved. 3. The basketball example implied that ______. [     ]
A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident
B. the announcement to prolong the match was wrong
C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision
D. the American team was right in rejecting the silver medals 4. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? [     ]
A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.
B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.
C. Sports should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.
D. International contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.
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