阅读理解。 Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms. Not only wi

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阅读理解。     Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms. Not only will the Games be returning
to their birthplace, but they"ll also be entering a new period of Olympic history.
     The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been looking for ways to make the world"s largest
sporting event a bit smaller and easier for cities to host. Mexico is the only Latin American nation to have
hosted the Olympics. And the games have never been held in Africa.
     It costs well over $4 billion to host the Olympic Games. And this is stopping many poorer countries
from trying to win the bid. Cities in Africa and Latin America, with great social and money problems,
cannot even begin to make the bid.
     So, the IOC has suggested 117 ways to make the Games smaller and easier for cities across the world. These ideas are to be put into practice soon---maybe in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The IOC
wants to save up to $400 million.
     The suggestions include limiting the number of sports to 28 and the number of athletes to 10,500.
     "Imagine a bus with 28 seats and some sports need to get off to give their places to other sports,"
said an IOC official. Sports that might not appear in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games included baseball,
softball and the modern pentathlon(五项全能)(shooting, fencing, horse, jumping, swimming and running).
     "We think that the Olympic Games have to be made smaller, and the less costly so that they can be
organized by all continents and subcontinents(次大陆)," said IOC president Jacques Rogge." Our
dream is that a continent such as Africa will be able to organize the Olympic Games." 1. What"s the main idea of the passage?   A. The Olympic Games have to be made smaller and less costly
B. The Olympic Games have to increase the number of sports.
C. The Olympic games have to increase the number of athletes.
D. The Olympic Games have to enlarge their global attraction.2. From the passage, we can know that the Olympics have been held in four continents EXCEPT   ____________.   A. Asia
B. America
C. Europe
D. Africa3. The events which are most probably limited include ______ according to the passage.   A. basketball, baseball and football
B. baseball, softball and volleyball
C. softball, baseball and the modern pentathlon
D. softball, fencing and pentathlon4. The purpose of writing the article is to ______.   A. think highly of the Athens Olympic Games
B. make many poorer countries be able to organize the Olympics.
C. increase the events of the Athens Olympic Games
D. make Athens enter a new period of Olympic history

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或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。     The International Red Cross and Red Crescent(弯月) Museum was opened in Geneva in 1988.
  1 tells the story of men and women who, in the course of the major events of the last 150 years,
have given assistance   2 victims of wars and natural disasters.
     The organization   3 (found) in 1863, and was based on an idea by a Swiss businessman called
Henry Dunant. He had witnessed too many   4 (die) and wounds at the Battle of Solferino in Italy
four years  5 (early), in which 40,000 people were killed, wounded or missing. He had seen the
lack of medical services and the great suffering of many of the wounded,   6 simply died from lack
of care. The International Red Cross/Red Crescent exists  7 (help) the victims of conflicts and
disasters regardless of their nationality.
     8 symbol of the organization was originally just the red cross. It has no religious significance; the
founders   9 the movement adopted it in honor of Switzerland. However, the original symbol, the
red cross, could hurt Muslim soldiers" feelings,   10 a second symbol, the red crescent, was used.
Both are now official symbols.

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阅读理解。     As you research music, you will find music that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells of
interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own.
     Music is an expression of the people. As you research, you will find music of people at work and play. You will find music expressing love of the country, love of nature, and love of home.
     Music is also an expression of the composer(作曲家). The composer expresses his own musical ideas. He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical
expression.
     Music can suggest actions and feelings which we all share. We can enjoy playing and singing music,
dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places. 1. In the first paragraph, the author tells us to_______. A. find entertainment (娱乐) in music
B. be friendly to music
C. express your feelings in music
D. discover the things and places in music2. From the second paragraph, we know that ________. A. if we love music, we will love the country, nature and home
B. music sings of the country, nature and home
C. you may listen to music at work or at play
D. music can express how people live, work and think3. By means of music, the composer wishes that ________. A. you would study with them
B. you would share his feelings and ideas
C. you would express your own feelings
D. you help discover ways of using music and new kinds of musical expression4. The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible ________.A. the music can express actions and feelings at the same time
B. bring understanding between people of different times and places
C. that people can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music at the same time
D. that people of different time and places can get together5. Which of the following statements is NOT true. Music expresses ________. A. the feelings of our own
B. people"s love of the country
C. the composer"s feelings
D. people"s musical ideas

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阅读理解。     Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there"s no doubt
that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century.
Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the
peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he
conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in
Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain,
followed their left-hand tradition.
     The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse
traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons
pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear
(后面的) left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they
traveled on the right.
     One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th
century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason,
stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially...if there is
a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the
right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The
U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world"s few remaining
holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well-thought many places use
both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.1. Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right? A. They had used the right-hand since the 18th century.
B. Rich people enjoyed driving their carriages on the right.
C. Napoleon introduced the right-hand traffic to this country.
D. Hitler ordered them to go to against their left-hand tradition.2. Of all the countries below, the one that travels on the right is ______. A. Austria
B. England
C. Japan
D. Australia3. Henry Ford produced cars with controls on the left _______. A. in order to change traffic directions in the U.S.
B. so that passengers could get off conveniently
C. because rules at that time weren"t perfect
D. though many countries were strongly against that 4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. Before the French Revolution, all the French people used the right.
B. People in Britain and the U.S. travel on the same side nowadays.
C. The Burmese began to travel on the right in 1970.
D. All the Asian nations use the left at present.5. What would be the best title for this passage?   A. Who made the great contributions to the shift of traffic directions?
B. How cars have become a popular means of transportation?
C. How Henry Ford produced his cars with controls on the left?
D. Why don"t people all drive on the same side of the road?

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阅读理解。 There were many beautiful buildings in ancient Rome, but the living conditions for ordinary people
were bad. Most of their homes were so poorly made that they fell down or were fire hazards (=danger) with their steep, narrow wooden stairways. Most people were packed into apartment buildings that
rose shakily (=unsafely) six to twelve floors above the ground. The apartments were rooms about three
metres square, and each building housed about five hundred people.
These tall buildings faced each other across streets only three metres wide, so no sunlight reached the ground. Even so, apartments were costly, though cheaper places could be had outside Rome. But people wanted to be near their work and entertainment. So the streets became crowded and it was hard to move quickly. At night, the streets were filled with noise as food and supplies were brought inthe city on wagons and carts.1. In ancient Rome, most people lived in ________ apartments.A. small and crowded
B. clean and tidy
C. spacious and sunny
D. tall and big2. The streets in ancient Rome were ________.A. crowded and noisy
B. wide and bright
C. narrow and dark
D. both A and C3. People liked to live in Rome Because________.A. the apartments were comfortable
B. the living expenses were low
C. they have no money to build houses outside the city
D. they wanted to enjoy the conveniences of the city4. This passage is mainly about ________ in ancient Rome.A. the beautiful buildings
B. the living conditions of ordinary people
C. the streets and transportation
D. the food and daily supplies

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阅读理解。     What is politeness? This sounds like a simple question. In daily life, we often make judgments
about what is polite and what is not polite. For example, to offer your seat to the elderly on a bus is
considered polite behavior, and to interrupt when someone is talking is considered impolite; to greet
someone the first time you meet him in the morning is polite and to stand up to reach for the dish you
want at a dinner table is impolite. So politeness can first of all be regarded as a phenomenon, an
observable social phenomenon.
     What I would like to propose is that as an observable social phenomenon, politeness is something
superficial, but to account for what is understood at the surface, we should dig into the depth where
different cultural values are rooted.
     When being complimented (赞美), an English-speaking person would readily accept the compliment
by saying something like "Thank you" to show his appreciation of the praise, but a Chinese speaker
would try to deny the truth of the compliment. They both think they are behaving properly. Yet neither
of them would think the other is being polite. The English speaker is being polite to the extent that by
accepting and showing appreciation of the compliment, and he avoids hurting the positive face of the
person who makes it; the Chinese speaker is showing modesty by denigrating himself, ignoring the fact
of the compliment paid to him. As has been mentioned, self-denigration has been at the core of the
Chinese understanding of politeness for over two thousand years. The Chinese, in order to show
modesty, will go to such lengths as to underrate what he himself has achieved and deny the truth of
a complimentary remark.1. According to the first paragraph, politeness can be briefly described as_____.A. proper social phenomena
B. being modest
C. showing appreciation
D. an observable social phenomenon 2. In the author"s opinion, the nature of politeness lies in ________.A. something superficial
B. what is understood at the surface
C. different cultural values
D. the root of different thoughts3. The underlined word "denigrate" in the passage means ________.

A. appreciate
B. deny
C. ignore
D. compliment

4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Chinese speakers dislike being complimented.
B. English-speaking people are reluctant to accept compliment.
C. Chinese tend to show politeness and modesty by denying the truth of praise.
D. Chinese people think highly of British politeness while English people think poorly of
     Chinese politeness.5. What"s the author"s attitude towards Chinese politeness?A. Approving.
B. Objective.
C. Optimistic.
D. Critical

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