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| 阅读表达。 |
As De Witt Wallace lay in bed recovering from injuries that he unfortunately came by in World War I, he
found there was a wealth of interesting information to read. Realizing few people would have the time to get
through all this information, he knew exactly ____. In 1920, this young American presented a sample magazine
containing condensed (浓缩的) articles to publishers across America. All turned him down.
De Witt was not discouraged. He and his wife Lila Bell Acheson published the first issue of Reader"s Digest
in February 1922. Working from home, the Wallaces printed 5,000 copies, which were sold by mail to 1,500
people and priced at 25 cents. From these small beginnings grew the world"s most widely read magazine.
The magazine became popular and, by 1935, sales had topped one million. In 1938, the first international
edition was published in the United Kingdom. During World WarⅡ, editions were published for the first time
in Latin America and Sweden After the war Reader"s Dig Test moved into Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland. In 1950, Reader"s Digest published its
condensed books (now known as Select Editions in Australia). In 1959, music, the first non-print product line,
was introduced. In 1962, Reader"s Digest revolutionized direct mail by introducing easy-to-enter Sweepstakes
and a year later the first Reader"s Digest general book was published. In 1986, video was added to the Reader"s
Digest product.
In 1973, the Wallaces gave up active management of Reader"s Digest. De Witt died in 1981, aged 91; Lila in,
1984, aged 94. With no heirs to the Wallace empire to take over, Reader"s Digest became a public company in
the early 1990s and is now headed by a Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board. Reader"s Digest is
one of the most successful publishing stories in the history of global magazines. |
1. What"s the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage is closest in meaning to the following one? Everyone refused to publish his
magazine.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please
answer within 10 words.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
4. What do you think of the Reader"s Digest? (Please answer within 30 words.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ |
答案
1. The birth of Reader"s Digest
2. All turned him down.
3. what to do
4. I think it is an excellent and popular magazine because we can get lots of information from it.
5. 这本世界上最受读者喜爱的杂志就是从这样微小的起开始的。
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| 阅读理解。 |
A story from the Bible (圣经) tells of old Babylon, where the men decided to build a tower that would
touch the sky. But God was unhappy, and he made them speak different languages. They couldn"t understand
each other, so their dream never came true.
Yet the dream remains alive: if all men speak the same language, they can do anything. L. L. Zamenhof
from Poland was among the men who pursue this dream. He developed Esperanto (世界语) between 1877
and 1885.
As the most successful man-made world language, it is spoken by over two million people around the
world.
Last month, the World Esperanto Congress (大会), dealing with language rights, ended in Sweden.
Most Esperanto speakers are in Central and Eastern Europe and in East Asia, particularly Chinese mainland.
Esperanto has two advantages (优点). First, it"s easy. Each letter has exactly one sound and there are just
16 basic grammar rules. The second advantage is that it belongs to no one country.
But Esperanto has only reached a small number of people compared with natural languages widely used
around the world-such as English or Chinese. While these languages are deeply connected with their nations
and cultures, Esperanto doesn"t have this background.
Will Esperanto really become a global language? It remains a question. |
| 1. The writer tells us a story at the beginning to ____. |
A. explain why men have been making the effort to create a language shared by all
B. explain why men now speak different languages
C. show the relationship between man and God
D. prove language is very important |
| 2. What does the underlined word "pursue" in the second paragraph mean? |
A. Realize.
B. Work for.
C. Be against.
D. Follow. |
| 3. What is the basic difference between Esperanto and English? |
A. More people speak English than Esperanto.
B. Esperanto words are easier to spell.
C. Esperanto has fewer grammar rules.
D. Esperanto is not supported by any country or culture. |
| 4. What does the story mainly talk about? |
A. Advantages and disadvantages of Esperanto.
B. Men"s dream of sharing the same language.
C. Comparison of Esperanto and other languages like English and Chinese.
D. The most successful planned language-Esperanto. |
| 信息匹配。 |
Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is
one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Goods for auction (拍卖) sales
B. Definition of bidding
C. Ways to sell more goods by auction
D. Auction sales in history
E. Brief introduction to auctions
F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer |
1. _____
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd
assembled in the auction- room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers
to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called "knocking
down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he
stands.
2. _____
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction,
meaning "increasing". The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth
century, goods were often sold "by the candle": a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made
while it stayed alight.
3. _____
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs,
silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and
similar works of art.
4. _____
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when
they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and
each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin
with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers; he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in
the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
5. _____
The auctioneer"s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The
auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time
by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a
high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. |
| 阅读理解。 |
The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from
Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.lt joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour
into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation"s largest city.
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon
gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges
(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $ 121,461,891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the
Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was
De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it "Clinton"s Ditch (沟)". Clinton talked
and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to
ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.
Clinton became governor of New. York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground
for the canal in Rome, N. Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns
along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles. |
| 1. We can see that the Erie Canal _____. |
A. joined the Great Lakes together
B. crossed New York from north to south
C. played an important part in developing New York City
D. was the first waterway built in the US |
| 2. It can be inferred that _____ into the Atlantic Ocean. |
A. the Great Lakes flow
B. the Hudson River flows
C. Lake Erie flows
D. the Erie Canal flows |
| 3. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114,000,000.
B. It"s 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built.
D. Many other states helped New York build the canal. |
| 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends.
B. Clinton started building the canal before he became governor.
C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.
D. Construction of the canal took eight years. |
| 阅读理解。 |
Narcissus was a beautiful looking boy. He had long, flowing, blond hair, beautiful, bright, blue eyes and
even, white teeth. Many young ladies fell in love with him including the nymph (女神): Echo.
Nymphs were lively spirits who lived near streams and lakes and protected trees in the forest. Echo had
upset the Queen of the Gods: Hera. As a punishment Hera made Echo unable to speak except to repeat the
last three words of the person she was talking to.
Poor Echo fell in love with Narcissus but could never tell him how she felt. Narcissus teased her and she
ran away with tears pouring down her face. Aphrodite, the goddess of love saw what happened and decided
to punish Narcissus. As he came to a pool of water Narcissus saw his reflection (影子) and fell in love with
the vision he saw. It was of course his own reflection.
Poor Narcissus watched his own reflection, but every time he tried to touch the face of the vision he loved
it broke up on the shimmering surface of the water. Narcissus stopped eating, lost his beautiful looks and
desired to get his love. In the end he anguished gradually and died.
Aphrodite took pity on him and made a flower grow in his place on the bank of the lake. Narcissus flowers
(水仙花) can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees. |
| 1. Echo fell in love with Narcissus because _____. |
A. Narcissus was good-looking
B. Echo was a lively spirit
C. Narcissus loved her, too
D. Echo took pity on Narcissus |
| 2. Why did Aphrodite, the goddess of love, punish Narcissus? |
A. Aphrodite envied Echo because she loved Narcissus.
B. She thought Narcissus didn"t respect and made Echo sad.
C. Narcissus fell in love with the vision, not Echo.
D. Echo was trapped in love and didn"t protect trees in the forest any longer. |
| 3. What does the underlined word "anguished" in the fourth paragraph mean? |
A. Become increasingly thin and weak.
B. Become very hungry.
C. Become very fat.
D. Become out of mind. |
| 4. What is the main purpose of writing the passage? |
A. To tell people a sad love story.
B. To tell people how Narcissus flowers came.
C. To tell the true meaning of beauty and ugliness.
D. To tell people not to affect others" love. |
| 阅读理解。 |
The meaning of the word "volunteer" may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means
"one who offers his or her services." There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such
as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage (垃圾) from
beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often
people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don‘t expect any
kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help
other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of
what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in
Calcutta. The following is her story.
"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video (录像) about her work in India
and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being
that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to
Calcutta for a few weeks."
"I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch.
I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up. I felt it was better to
share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don‘t think I was helping very much.
It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture
(文化) that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world." |
| 1. According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who _____. |
A. is willing to help those in need without pay
B. can afford to travel to different places
C. has a strong wish to be successful
D. has made a big fortune in life |
| 2. Tracy started her work as a volunteer _____. |
A. after she met Mother Teresa
B. after she finished high school
C. when she was touring Calcutta
D. when she was working in a hospital |
| 3. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer? |
A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.
B. She had already had some experience.
C. She was asked by Mother Teresa’s example.
D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa‘s example. |
| 4. What is Tracy’s "new idea" (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer? |
A. Going abroad to help the sick.
B. Working in Mother Teresa‘s home.
C. Doing simple things to help the poor.
D. Improving oneself through helping others. |
| 5. What is the best title for the passage? |
A. How to Be a Volunteer.
B. Voluntary Life in India.
C. A Different Meaning of Volunteer.
D. Inspiration from Mother Teresa. |
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