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阅读理解。     Recently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman. I once read a saying: "If somebody wants something of you, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don"t you may be treated as coldly as winter." You may consider it an exaggeration(夸张),but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct.
     You would never have found it to be so true if you hadn"t been a salesman. You needn"t stand doubtful looks and unfriendly views; you needn"t listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you needn"t always keep patience and smile; you needn"t repeat the same sentences over again; you needn"t talk to somebody you dislike.
     I did this work for a month; then I decided to give it up. In spite of the above reasons, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting lower. Even worse, I hadn"t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job. Now I don"t think it is worth doing such a thing even though I was earning money at great cost.
     Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about good students who do part-time work and keep high scores in class. But according to my experience, part-time work can have some strong bad effects on study.
     Most students don"t see the relationship between studies and work in a correct way. In my opinion, if it isn"t a must for money reasons, students should be cautious about taking up a part-time job. In western countries even the children of very rich families take part in hard jobs during the summer vacation.
1. What caused the writer to give up his part-time job?
A. Too much attention to it and his grades getting lower
B. He often missed some college activities
C. Sometimes he felt tired and unhappy
D. All the above
2. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word "sacrificing"?
A. losing
B. wasting
C. using
D. getting
3. The writer thought __________.
A. to do part-time job was unnecessary
B. part-time jobs had good effect upon study
C. it"s hard to plan study and work correctly
D. part-time jobs were good for students
4. Who should take part-time jobs according to the text above?
A. Every college student
B. Those who want to get study experience
C. Those in great need of money
D. Those from very rich families

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     Snake dishes have become popular  1  recent years. Snake meat in various flavors(风味) is often
seen in restaurant advertisements. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and   2   you haven"t
eaten snake yet, you are considered " out of date". But I wonder whether all the trends are worth  3
(follow).
    Some people may defend themselves   4  saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don"t
realize that many parasites (寄生虫),  5   (find) inside snakes, will do harm to our health.
   According to a survey, about 1,000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as
many as 10 tons of snakes   6  (serve) on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
    These figures warn us that if no   7   (act) is taken, the number of snakes will drop and that will make    8  increase in mice and worms population,   9   will result in a decrease (减产) of crops output.
Who will see such tragedy happen?
    So let"s start not to eat snakes any more because " to protect the snake is to protect   10   ."

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阅读理解     London has more than nine million visitors every year. They come and visit some of the most famous
places in England: Big Ben, the Tower of London and the River Thames.
     You can see some of the most interesting places in London by getting on the tour buses. Or you can
take a ride on the London Eye. This large wheel slowly takes you 135m above the River Thames.
     The River Thames is London"s main waterway. It has shaped the capital"s landscape, history and
geography. So one of the best ways of knowing more about the city is to take a trip along the river.
     The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, has become one of the main symbols of
London. The sound of the bell, which you can hear at the beginning of many television and radio
programmes, has become well-known throughout the nation.
     No visit to London is complete without a look at the Tower of London, in the eastern part of the city.
After Big Ben, the Tower may be London"s most visited tourist spot. Directly south is Tower Bridge,
which is more than100 years old.
     Along all the palaces in London, Buckingham Palace is the most famous. It has been the main London
home of the royal family since Queen Victoria moved there in 1873. You can visit some of the rooms in
August and September. And most mornings of the year you can watch the soldiers outside changing the
guard.
     About one hour by train out of London is the Tower of Windsor. Here you can visit another of the
Queen"s homes-Windsor Castle. There was a fire in 1992 and many of the rooms were badly burned.
But now they are full of beautiful pictures, tables and chairs again.
    Sightseeing in London is great, but it can get very tiring. So, the best way to start the day is to fill up
with an English breakfast.
     You can buy an English breakfast in nearly every hotel, and at many restaurants and cafes. An English
pub is a good place to stop for lunch and a drink. You can get hot or cold food and try one of England"s
many ales(浓啤酒). Fish and chips are also a traditional English meal. So look out for fish and chip shops
in cities as well as by the sea.
   Or you can sit outside one of the many roadside pubs and cafes in London, and simply watch the busy
world go by.    1. We can learn from the text that ____________.A.Windsor Castle has been rebuilt
B. the Big Ben can be heard everywhere in London
C. only some of the hotels in England serve breakfast.
D. the London Eye can carry you where you like to go2. Which place may be London"s most visited tourist spot?A. Buckingham Palace
B. The Tower of London
C. Big Ben
D. The River Thames3. If you go to London in December, you will not be able to ___________.A. visit Windsor Castle
B. tour the Buckingham Palace
C. tour the city along the River Thames
D. watch the soldiers outside the Buckingham Palace changing guards.4. The underlined word "landscape" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _________.A. sights
B. interests
C. characteristics
D. culture5. The whole passage mainly introduces the ________________.A. tourism in London
B. tourists in London
C. history in London
D. sightseeing in London

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     If there is one thing I am sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading
newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news
from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading
a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
     The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives- the
big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the
same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It"s already happening in areas
that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) engineering. In the future, I think there will be more
coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we develop a better understanding of
how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
     It"s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送) electronically from
Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I am pretty sure that it will happen in the future.
You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the
things you want to read- sports and international news, etc.
     I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media
(煤体). They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off
newspapers, but that hasn"t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a
screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it is never really pleasant to read something just
on a screen.          1. What is the best title for the text?A. The Best Way to Get News
B. The Changes of Media
C. Make Your Own Newspaper
D. The Future of Newspapers2. In the writer"s opinion, in the future, ___________.A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer.
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will watch TV.3. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?A. Sports and international news.
B. A menu of important news
C. The most important news.
D. What you are interested in4. From the text, we can infer that _____________.A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media
B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspapers.
D. some media will die out5. The underlined phrase "feed off" in the last paragraph means ___________.A. depend on
B. compete with
C. fight with
D. kill of

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阅读理解。      The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African
ecosystem. Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment.
As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna(大草原)surroundings in which it lives,
therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.
     It is the elephant"s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important
builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills
small trees and undergrowth, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in
both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open
spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.
      Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out
sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants,
elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the
forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to
get their food as well.
     What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the
elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest
and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem. 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Disappearance of African elephants.
B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.
C. The effect of African elephants" search for food.
D. The eating habit of African elephants. 2. What does the underlined phrase "setting the terms" most probably mean? A. Fixing the time.
B. Worsening the state.
C. Improving the quality
D. Deciding the conditions. 3. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage? A. They result from the destruction of rain forests.
B. They provide food mainly for African elephants.
C. They are home to many endangered animals.
D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds. 4. The passage is developed mainly by ______. A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes
B. pointing out similarities and differences
C. describing the changes in space order
D. giving examples

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阅读理解

    I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of our
computer and connected me to the World Wide Web.
    I"ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace - I"ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to the Internet besides checking
my e-mail and wasting my time until I found out about electronic commerce (e-commerce): business on
the Internet. Do Amazon.com, Yahoo.com, or monster.com mean anything to you?
    My friends often said they got cheap textbooks on Amazon.com, or had a good deal on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMadden.com. Unfortunately for me, I went on with my "e-commerce-less" Web-surfing, unaware of all the deals I was missing out on.
    That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
    "Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?" I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know
little sisters should never be getting more mail than their older siblings (兄弟姐妹)!
    "Oh, it"s the stuff I ordered online!" she answered. I watched as she opened item after item. There was
no way our parents were letting her spend that much money - online or off!
"How much did all of this cost?"
    "Oh, only about $15 in all!" She said excitedly. "Everything on eBay is on sale! It"s better than going to
the mall."
    I felt as if my whole life, there had been a giant store in my backyard that I had never known about.
That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for 10 percent of the publisher"s price. A few days later,
I bought an iPod protector and a book or two from the wonderful eBay.com.

1. From the first three paragraphs we can conclude that the author _____.

A. had no experience using computers
B. thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time
C. only used the Internet to check e-mails
D. had no idea of what e-commerce is

2. The writer didn"t find out about e-commerce until _____.

A. she stopped Web-surfing
B. her friends told her about the online deals they made
C. she visited a giant store in her backyard
D. her sister explained the packages she got by mail

3. We can infer from the last paragraph that _____.

A. the author has begun to enjoy online shopping
B. the author loves the big store in her backyard
C. the author feels she is a true master of the Internet
D. the author never enjoyed shopping that much

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the article?

A. My favorite activity - the Internet
B. Ordering goods on the Internet
C. A whole new world on the Internet
D. Don"t waste time on the Internet

5. What can we infer from the fifth paragraph?

A. Katy is better at computer than the writer.
B. Their parents often offer them a lot of money to shop.
C. The writer was angry with her sister for her behavior.
D. The things Katy bought on line are much cheaper than in shops.

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