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The price of milk may be going up. There was not enough rain in some parts of the country last year and the bad weather may mean that a gallon (加仑) of milk will cost 41 cents more after October 1st.
California already has high milk prices and the California court does not want the price to go any higher. High milk prices will be very hard for some people. Families with many children will have to spend more money to buy milk. The poor and older people without much money will also be hurt by higher prices.
The court said that more milk from other states should be sold in California as the price of milk from other states is not as high. Some states got enough rain so their costs did not go up. People will then be able to buy the cheaper milk, meaning that unless milk producers bring their milk prices down, their milk will not sell.
The drought (干旱) around the country has meant market forces are likely to push milk prices up by as much as 41-cent a gallon by October 1st. Experts said this decision by the Californian court could reduce (减少) the effect of the price rise here.
The 41-cent increase would add to California’s already high milk prices so California must allow more milk producers from outside the state to sell their products there. This would then lead to increased supplies (供应), which would, as a result, stop milk prices from increasing.
小题1:Who will be hurt by high milk prices?| A．Young people. | B．Milk producers from outside California. | | C．Rich people. | D．Families with lots of children. |
小题2:What caused milk prices in California to increase?| A．Short supplies from other states. | B．Being short of rain. | | C．The California court. | D．Children’s need for milk. |
小题3:What will California do to keep milk prices down?| A．Force milk producers to lower their price. | | B．Encourage people to drink less milk. | | C．Get men to produce more rain. | | D．Increase the supply of milk in the state. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:细节题：第二段的句子：Families with many children will have to spend more money to buy milk. 可知答案是D
小题2:推理题;从第三段的句子：The drought (干旱) around the country has meant market forces are likely to push milk prices up by as much as 41-cent a gallon by October 1st.可知是因为雨水减少导致牛奶价格上涨的。选B
小题3:细节题：从最后一段的句子：California must allow more milk producers from outside the state to sell their products there可知增加牛奶供应是很好的解决办法。选.D
点评：本文讲了加里福利亚因为雨水少导致牛奶价格上涨及解决办法。问题主要涉及到的是文章的细节，这要求考生要认真阅读，特别是提问所涉及到的细节问题要认真阅读并理解。要求考生具有一定的阅读理解能力。 |
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How is it that siblings （兄弟姐妹） can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family． The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later． The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival． The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too． One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father．
Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918． But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’ lives． Dr． Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings． The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one-on-one time with parents． But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development． Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”．
A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially． Love-hate relationships were common among the children． Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs．
One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age． Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third． Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters． A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents．
小题1:In terms of language development, later-borns ________．| A．get their parents’ individual guidance | | B．learn a lot from their elder siblings | | C．experience a lot of difficulties | | D．pick up words more quickly |
小题2:What was found about fights among siblings?| A．Siblings hated fighting and loved playing． | | B．Siblings in some families fought frequently． | | C．Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships． | | D．Siblings learned to get on together from fights． |
小题3:The word “feminine” （in Para． 4） means “_______”．| A．having qualities of parents | | B．having qualities of women | | C．having defensive qualities | | D．having extraordinary qualities |
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As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, rooms to be cleaned. Parents are  with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real  . On Christmas Eve, young children find the  almost unbearable（难以忍受的）. They are  between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to  up late so that they will not  the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie  for a long time, hoping to get a short look at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I  managed to hide a few large presents in the storeroom. I feared the moment when my son, Jimmy, would  me where that new bike had come from, but  he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly  when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began  stockings. Then I pushed in the  I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get  sleep that night, for the children were  to get up early. At about five o"clock the next morning, we were woken by loud sounds coming from the children"s room － they were shouting excitedly!  I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came  into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary,  close behind pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved  the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke  up completely. The day had really begun with a bang（巨响）.
| 小题1: | | A．faced | B．met | C．filled | D．pleased |
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| 小题2: | | A．question | B．matter | C．problem | D．business |
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| 小题3: | | A．joy | B．excitement | C．presents | D．parents |
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| 小题4: | | A．pulled | B．divided | C．separated | D．torn |
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| 小题6: | | A．lose | B．break | C．miss | D．leave |
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| 小题7: | | A．awake | B．wake | C．asleep | D．sleep |
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| 小题8: | | A．hopefully | B．busily | C．gladly | D．successfully |
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| 小题9: | | A．answer | B．tell | C．ask | D．search |
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| 小题10: | | A．sadly | B．unluckily | C．possibly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题11: | | A．morning | B．midnight | C．evening | D．daybreak |
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| 小题12: | | A．filling | B．sewing | C．mending | D．preparing |
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| 小题13: | | A．present | B．stocking | C．bike | D．tree |
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| 小题14: | | A．1ittle | B．some | C．enough | D．much |
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| 小题15: | | A．sorry | B．sure | C．glad | D．eager |
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| 小题16: | | A．Before | B．After | C．Until | D．Since |
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| 小题17: | | A．running | B．laughing | C．shouting | D．riding |
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The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler"s shop before he got enough courage to enter．He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush blood to his face as he explained he would bring in his future wife to choose a birthday present．The assistant listened carefully and told him he"d better buy a necklace. He wasn"t used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending. After some discussion as to reasonable price and type（类型）, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o"clock. When, half an hour later, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away, satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.
小题1:A good title（题目）for this passage is ________.| A．A Clever Assistant | B．Buying a Birthday Present | | C．How to Choose a Necklace | D．A Brave Young Man |
小题2: Why did the young man look nervous?| A．Because he had never bought jewelry before. | | B．Because he would get married. | | C．Because he didn’t have enough money to buy a satisfying present. | | D．Because he feared he would be laughed at by shop assistants. |
小题3:The word "overspending" in this passage means ________.| A．spending too much money | | B．spending too much time | | C．spending more time than be planned | | D．spending too much time and too much money |
小题4:When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his
face________.| A．turned pale | B．turned black | C．turned yellow | D．turned red |
小题5:James would come back to buy what he wanted because ________.| A．the necklace was good | | B．Laura liked the necklace | | C．the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things | | D．the assistant who served James was very beautiful |
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I paid a visit to Cambridge last January. Though the trip took me 5 hours and it rained the whole day with strong winds there, the town deserved a visit.
The bus started at 6:10 a. m. It stopped at 4 airports before we finally arrived，which wasted more time than we expected. Tired with long sitting，one passenger stood up to relax his numbed legs. The driver asked him to sit down but in vain. So he pulled up and said seriously, “Either you get off or sit down.” To him, safety is the first policy.
Cambridge consists of over thirty colleges. The oldest part of the university was built in the 13th century while the newest was founded in the mid 1960s.The number of the students is so great that many students live in lodgings（出租房）and move into college for their final year.
Cambridge is called a university town because there is no clear separation between the university buildings and the rest of the city. The university is not just one part of the town；it is all over the town. The heart of Cambridge has shops，pubs，and supermarkets，but most of it is university-colleges，departments，libraries，clubs and other places for university staff and students. Students fill the shops，cafes，banks and churches，making these as well part of the university.
With over 10,000 undergraduates and postgraduates, the town is a busy place indeed. Students here are not allowed to keep cars. If you happen to be walking in the street during a break，better stop a moment to avoid the boiling sea of bicycles hurrying in all directions，carrying students from one college or lecture room to another.
小题1:The writer believed that the trip took more time because of________| A．bad weather | B．unexpected stops of the bus | | C．one passenger | D．an accident on the way |
小题2:Why is Cambridge called a university town？| A．It has 10，000 undergraduates and postgraduates. | | B．There are over thirty colleges in the town. | | C．All the students and staff live in the town. | | D．The university and town are fully combined. |
小题3:It can be inferred that most Cambridge students take _______as their first means of transport.| A．boats | B．cars | C．bicycles | D．buses |
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