阅读理解。 There are many idioms in English that are about animals. Today let"s c

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阅读理解。     There are many idioms in English that are about animals. Today let"s chat a little about some of the idioms
about dogs that make English language fun and colorful. We love dogs; they are our best friends. When you
first started to learn English, your teacher might teach you a number of phrases about dogs, such as: "you are
a lucky dog," "I"m dog tired," "every dog has its day," or "our team was the underdog but won the first place
at last."
     When I first got into high school, my English teacher used the idiom "dog-ear", which interested me very
much. This word can be used as a noun, a verb, and an adjective as well. As a noun, it means a turned-down
(折叠的) corner of a page as a bookmark. As a verb, it means someone makes a bookmark by turning down
the corner of a page in the book. And, as an adjective, the word describes an old book with many broken
pages. Examples: John made a dog-ear (noun) of the page he was reading before closing the book. Jane was
reading a book; when the telephone rang, she dog-eared (verb) the page before answering the phone. In the
old room, the children found some dog-eared (adjective) books left there for more than 30 years. 1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? [     ]
A. Idioms about colors.
B. Idioms about history.
C. Idioms about animals.
D. Idioms about dogs. 2. How many idioms about dogs are mentioned in this passage? [     ]
A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.
D. 6. 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the meaning of the idiom "dog-ear"? [     ]
A.It means a turned-down corner of a page as a bookmark..
B.It means someone makes a bookmark by turning down the corner of a page in the book.
C.It means an old book with many broken pages.
D.It means something is short and small ike a dog"s ear.

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1-3: DCD

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阅读理解。      Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, was selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing
Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non-Chinese winners had been chosen from 262 applicants
from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English-
language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen ran with the Olympic torch, she was not only representing the
United States, but also representing thousands of Chinese orphans (孤儿).
      Bowen, a mother of two adopted (收养) Chinese daughters, is director of Half the Sky Foundation, an
organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives of orphaned children in China. In nearly
10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present
in 36 welfare institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides
trained staff, educational tools, medical support and care for orphans.
      Bowen hoped that running with the Olympic torch would help draw attention to the children in China. She
was among 19,400 runners who carried the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route across five continents.
Beijing organizers say it was the longest torch relay in Olympic history.
     Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan designer,
live in China. Other countries represented were the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.
      According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee
selection, their "love of Chinese culture and history" and devotion to "communicating information of a real
China to their native countries". Each runner carried the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil. 1. Bowen hopes that being a torch runner would help ______. [     ]
A. collect educational tools, medical support, etc, for orphans
B. make Half the Sky Foundation well known
C. draw special attention to orphans in China
D. communicate information of America 2. According to the text, Jenny Bowen ______. [     ]
A. is interested in Chinese sports
B. founded the organization of Half the Sky
C. has adopted 13,000 children during 10 years
D. loves Chinese culture and history 3. Which of the following about the 2008 torch relay is WRONG? [     ]
A. The contest for its runners is organized by Lenovo Group and China Daily.
B. It has eight foreign runners, including an American, a German and a Venezuelan.
C. It will be the longest relay with the most runners in Olympic history.
D. It will be an opportunity to communicate information of a real China to the world. 4. What"s the best title for the passage? [     ]
A. Happy Life of a Great US Woman in China
B. A US Woman Carrying 2008 Olympic Torch in China
C. The Development of Half the Sky Foundation
D. The Longest Torch Relay in Olympic History

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阅读理解。     ●Tower Bridge is one of London"s most well known landmarks. Opened in 1894, this hydraulic (液压的)
bridge can be raised to permit river traffic to pass underneath.
      Visitors to Tower Bridge can enjoy wonderful views of the River Thames from the bridge towers. There
is also a museum which explains how the bascule bridge operates and discusses its history. Tower Bridge is
often incorrectly referred to as London Bridge. London Bridge, however, is a different bridge that is located
directly upstream from Tower Bridge.
     ●The British Museum is a "must do" for all visitors to London, England. Treasures from around the world
can be found in Britain"s largest and most popular museum. To top it off, admission to the British Museum is
free of charge.
      Due to the enormous size of the museums, visitors should be clear about what they wish to see. One
"must see" is the Rosetta Stone-a key puzzle piece in the recorded history of humankind. The British Museum
is located in the Bloomsbury district of London in London WC1.
     ●Greenwich Park is a beautiful large park located a few kilometers away from the centre of London.
Attractions in Greenwich include the Cutty Sark, the Gypsy Moth and the Old Royal Observatory. A painted
line at the observatory indicates zero degrees of longitude (经度).
      Many visitors to Greenwich enjoy having their photos taken with one leg in the western hemisphere (半球)
and the other in the eastern hemisphere. Greenwich is the place where time was officially tracked -
"Greenwich Mean Time" or "GMT".
     Greenwich is located in London SE10.
     ●The Eurostar high-speed train service provides fast connections between London and Paris and London
and Brussels. The Eurostar trains pass through the 32-mile Channel Tunnel under the English Channel. The
tunnel is also known as the "Euro Tunnel"or "Chunnel". The Channel Tunnel is considered to be one of the
world"s great engineering wonders.
     Trains leave form the Waterloo Rail Station which is located in south London.

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阅读理解。     Americans are proud of their variety and individuality (个性), yet they love and respect few things more
than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of a lift operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are
uniforms so popular in the United States?
      Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more
professional than civilian (百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to expect higher quality from
a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform is likely to inspire more trust
than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform.
What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a hairdresser, or a waiter to lose professional identity
(职业身份) than to step out of uniform?
      Uniforms also have many practical good points. They are often more comfortable and more lasting than
civilian clothes.
      Primary facts among the argument against uniforms is their lack of variety and the loss of individuality
experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any
particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, they are
likely to think, speak, and act similarly on the job at least.
      Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial
expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring
professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes. 1. What surprises us is that Americans ______. [     ]
A. still judge a man by his clothes
B. think highly of uniforms
C. less prefer wearing civilian clothes
D. respect a elevator operator in uniform 2. People are likely to think that a man in uniform ______. [     ]
A. suggests quality work
B. shows his social position
C. appears to be more practical
D. looks more fresh and attractive 3. Those who are against uniforms believe that people wearing uniforms ______. [     ]
A. are usually helpful
B. have little freedom
C. lose personal character
D. enjoy greater popularity 4. It can be concluded from the passage that ______. [     ]
A. people generally trust a person in uniform more
B. people enjoy wearing comfortable uniform
C. the cost of the uniform is acceptable to people
D. people wear uniforms to show they should be respected

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阅读理解。

      People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial
expressions-and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
      Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀地) across
a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.
      "We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,"
Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes
and neglect (忽略) the mouth."
      According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is
more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally
recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.
      The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the
eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive
faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared
how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
      It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors
than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of
cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole

face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less."
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on,
examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human
emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners
will find themselves lost in translation.

1. The discovery shows that Westerners _____. [     ]
A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth
B. consider facial expressions universally reliable
C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways
D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions 2. What were the people asked to do in the study? [     ]
A. To make a face at each other.
B. To get their faces impressive.
C. To classify some face pictures.
D. To observe the researchers" faces. 3. What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to? [     ]
A. The participants in the study.
B. The researchers of the study.
C. The errors made during the study.
D. The data collected from the study. 4. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to _____. [     ]
A. do translation more successfully
B. study the mouth more frequently
C. examine the eyes more attentively
D. read facial expressions more correctly 5. What can be the best title for the passage? [     ]
A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul
B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills
D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding

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阅读理解。

     It is important for Americans to thank other people for favors even if what the other person did was very
small. Both children and older people should be thanked for any kind act. The person accepting the thanks
usually says something to make the favor seem small, or says that it was his pleasure to help you, or simply,
"You"re welcome."
     It is equally important to apologize when you have hurt or disappointed someone. When possible, you
should always add a reasonable explanation or excuse for your behavior. When there is some loss or damage
to personal property (财产), the person responsible (负责) for the loss should both apologize and offer to pay
for the item.
     Most of the time the other person accepts the apology graciously and doesn"t show any disappointment or
anger. But if the problem was really serious or it happened several times before, the person might say
something how he feels.

1. It is necessary to thank a person who is _____ for any kind act. [     ]
A. older than you
B. younger than you
C. the same age as you
D. all of the above 2. If you do any damage to someone"s property, you should _____. [     ]
A. say how sorry you feel and offer to pay for the item.
B. just apologize for what you have done.
C. say nothing and try to forget about it.
D. pay for the damage without saying a word. 3. When you apologize for something, you should _____. [     ]
A. always remember to say it is not your fault.
B. try to explain the reason for your actions.
C. add an excuse even if it is not a good one.
D. none of the above 4. When someone apologizes to you, you should _____. [     ]
A. accept the apology kindly
B. tell him how upset you are
C. take no notice of him.
D. give an angry reply and leave him alone. 5. Choose the best title of this passage. [     ]
A. Don"t hurt others
B. Thanking
C. Habit of Americans
D. Thanking and Apologizing

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