阅读理解. Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously

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阅读理解. Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the
problem of building upwards, that is to say of accommodating(居住) a considerable
proportion of its population in high blocks of flats. It is said that the Englishman
objects to this type of existence, but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from
the inhabitants of most countries of the world today. In the past our own blocks or
flats have been associated with(把……同……联系起来) the lower-income groups
and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot
water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as
such details, important notwithstanding(然而), as easy facilities for disposal(处理)
of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor,
playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing.
It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus individual houses will continue to
rage(风行) on for a long time as far as Britain is concerned, and it is unfortunate
that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised. Those
who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption that
everyone prefers individual home and garden and on the high cost per unit of
accommodation. The latter ignores the higher cost of providing full services to a
scattered(分散)community and the cost in both money and time of the journey to
work for the suburban resident.1. We can infer from the passage that ____.A. English people, differently from most people in other countries, dislike
living in flats
B. people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats
C. people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flats
D. modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living2. What is said about the blocks of flats built in the past in Britain?_____A. They were mostly inhabited by people who did not earn much.
B. They were usually not large enough to accommodate big families.
C. They were sold to people before necessary facilities were installed.
D. They provided playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings.3. Some people oppose the building of flats because ____.A. this living expenses for each individual family are higher
B. it involves higher cost compared with the building of houses
C. they believe that people like to live in houses with gardens
D. the disposal of rubbish remains a problem for those who lives in flats4. The author mentions that people who live in suburban houses ____.A. do not have access to easy facilities because they live away from the city
B. have to pay a lot of money to employ people to do service work
C. take longer time to know each other because they are a scattered community
D. have to spend money and time going to work every day

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Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa.
He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans
were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made
up of soldiers from many countries that didn"t want to be ruled by the Romans.
before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them
from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could
possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers
riding huge strong elephants-where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting
through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks
down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn"t stop them. Hannibal"s soldiers
built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them
never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some
of the elephants did finish the journey.

1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.A. Algeria
B. Italy
C. Turkey
D. Iraq2. Hannibal knew that he ____A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans
B. must cross the Alps to win the battle
C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps
D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps3. Which of the following is not true?_____A. Before Hannibal"s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful
people in the world.
B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.
C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were
good at walking on mountain paths.
D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.A. Where there"s a will, there"s a way
B. Strike while the iron is still hot
C. He who doesn"t reach the Great Wall is not a true man
D. Failure is the mother of success

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阅读理解.     Since the beginning of human evolution(进化), men have migrated(迁移)across continents
in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons,
but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and
overpopulation.
     Three million migrants are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and
increasingly, their destination is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People
are moving within the developing world for the same reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations.
People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, fleeing wars and conflicts(冲突).
They are also responding to population pressures because some countries are densely
populated(人口密集), and they often have high population growth. Those people need to
go somewhere else.
     There are three main reasons why people move. The basic categories and percentages
are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys (CPS):
     Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marital status(婚姻情形),
establishing a household and other family reasons; work-related reasons 16.2%, including job
transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including
new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons;
the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of climate and health
reasons.
     Americans have been migrating south and west for decades in search of better job
opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from
cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950,
nearly a fifth of the population lived in the nation"s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one
in ten. That"s why many American people say, "Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West."
     Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent
of these moves were within the same country. Twenty percent were between counties but in
the same state. Nineteen percent were moves to a different state. Some families even went
abroad.

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阅读理解。     English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among
everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is
declining (降低) globally while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by
increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.
     However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance (主导) by the middle of this century to rank, after Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. "The
number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isn"t rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been
largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken," he says.
     In a recent article in the journal Science, Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the
top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay,
spoken in south and Southeast Asia.
     David Crystal, the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, says about 1.5
billion of the world"s six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native
speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates (低估) the future
of its dominance. "Nobody quite knows what"s going to happen because no language has been in this
position before. But all the evidence (证据) suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a
hill and is getting faster," he said. 1. In David Graddol"s opinion, English will _____.     A. remain widespread and important
B. be more important than any other language
C. lose its dominant position
D. die away in the near future2. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that _____.     A. snowballs will roll down faster than language balls
B. the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past
C. English language will soon drop in dominance
D. more and more language users will choose English3. How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English?     A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 4.
D. 5.4. According to David Graddol, which of the following will possibly be one of the languages that will be most widely spoken?     A. Malay.
B. Arabic.
C. Urdu.
D. German.5. What should be the best title for the passage?    A. English Remaining the Dominant Position
B. The Future of English? Who Knows?
C. Opinions from Different Experts
D. The English Language Snowball Rolling Down

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阅读理解。     Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do
before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey" spoken
instructions some time before they can speak, though the word "obey" is hardly accurate as a description
of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children
will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
     Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads
to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months
one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But
since these can"t be said to show the baby"s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as
early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for
enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation
(模仿) leads on to deliberate (有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other
people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be
considered as speech.
     It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular
person means by it in a parti cular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change
as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for
his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for
his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say
continues  after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained
when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.    1. Before children start speaking _____. A. they need equal amount of listening
B. they need different amounts of listening
C. they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructions
D. they can’t understand and obey the adult’s oral instructions 2. Children who start speaking late _____. A. may have problems with their listening
B. probably do not hear enough language spoken around them
C. usually pay close attention to what they hear
D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly 3. A baby"s first noises are _____. A. an expression of his moods and feelings　　
B. an early form of language
C. a sign that he means to tell you something　　
D. an imitation of the speech of adults4. The problem of deciding at what point a baby"s imitations can be considered as speech _____. A. is important because words have different meanings for different people
B .is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually
C. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age
D. is one that should  be completely ignored (忽略) because children"s use of words is often meaningless5. The speaker implies _____. A. parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds
B. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak
C. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly
D. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitating

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     Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
     Canada is a big country with six time zones. In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in
Halifax on the east coast it is eight o"clock and people are having breakfast. It is a cold Friday morning in November, and the temperature is ten degrees below zero Centigrade.
     Argentina 9:00 a.m.
     In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, it is nine a.m. on a warm summer morning, and people are
starting work or school. November is a summer month in Argentina because it is in the southern
hemisphere(南半球).
     Scotland 12:00 noon
     Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking
forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday.
     Egypt 2:00 p.m.
     Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and
shops are closed in all Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with
their families.
     Japan 9:00 p.m.
     Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games.
     New Zealand 12:00 midnight
     It is late on Friday night, so most people are asleep. Now Saturday morning is arriving. It is morning in Canada too, but that is Friday morning!

1. In eastern Canada, the time is _____ that in western Canada.A. four and a half hours behind
B. four hours ahead of
C. three hours ahead of
D. the same as2. While Canadian children in Halifax are having breakfast, Argentinean children are _____.A. sleeping
B. going home
C. at school
D. having supper3. It"s midday in the capital of _____ when it"s 9:00 a.m. in the capital of Argentina.A. Japan
B. Canada
C. New Zealand
D. Scotland4. Two p.m. in Egypt is not a good time to telephone people in New Zealand, because in New
Zealand _____.A. it"s midnight and most people are asleep
B. it"s noon and many people are having lunch
C. it"s the morning and many people are working
D. it"s the afternoon and most people are playing computer games5. What time is it in New Zealand if it"s 11:15 p.m. in Japan?A. 1:15 p.m.
B. 2:15 p.m.
C. 1:15 a.m.
D. 2:15 a.m.

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