阅读理解。 Have you ever been to the beautiful country of Holland and its capital
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to Amsterdam would probably agree on one thing: Amsterdam"s story is a tale of two cities-one during the day
and a completely different one at night.
During the day, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel River. You can rent a bicycle,
visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxi. But when the sun goes down, the partying
begins. In the big clubs and in coffee shops, tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smoke. Several areas
of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule Amsterdam. And they"re all within a short cab ride of each
other. For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other
events.
Several beautiful and very popular hotels can be found there. And there"s the Royal Palace and the Magna
Plaza shopping mall.
But at night party-seekers come to the square. Hip hop or funk music is heard there. So if you come, be
ready to dance. The clubs don"t shut down until 4 am. And while you"re there, check out the various
inexpensive ways to tour the city. Don"t worry about getting lost. Although Dutch is the official language, most
people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directions.
And you"ll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles they rent.
Amsterdam also has a well-planned canal system. For about 10 dollars, you can use the canal bus or a
water taxi to cruise (巡游) the "Venice of the North".
The city has a historic past. One impressive place to visit is the Anne Frank House on Nine Streets. It was
there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War II. Visitors can view Anne"s original
diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years.
B. A bicycle.
C. A canal bus.
D. A water taxi.
B. Dutch or English
C. only English
D. Spanish and English
B. The glorious past of Amsterdam.
C. The life of Jewish during World War Ⅱ.
D. The suffering of the Dutch in wars.
B. tell readers what A Tale of Two Cities is about
C. instruct visitors what to do and see in Holland
D. offer readers some information about Amsterdam
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mechanics, steel workers, electricians, and the like. What makes this class differ from the lower class is,
first, longer periods of employment-and therefore, more fixed incomes -and, second, employment in skilled
or semiskilled (半熟练的 ) occupations, not unskilled ones. Although unemployment hits all levels of the
American economy, including those of skilled and semi-skilled workers, it is most common at the bottom
of the class structure and increasingly less common at each level upward. They consider themselves to be
respectable and hard working and they look down upon members of the"lower" class, whom they often
consider to be lazy, dis-honest, and too ready to exploit public assistance.
Most people in the working class have at least high school education. Many have some experi-ence of
college ( especially community college), though few are college graduates.
Unionization has helped the working class, but a rapidly changing economy and frequent periods of high
unem-ployment make it difficult for most of its members to be able to increase their savings great-ly.
Purchasing a house for people in this class is extremely difficult, although a certain percentage may receive
houses from their parents. (Home-owning rises with social class. )
A greater number of the members of the working class take relatively little satisfaction in their jobs,
because much of their work is ordinary and boring. As a result, many seek their main satis-faction in
recreational ( 娱乐的) activities. Many members of this class would like to earn enough money to leave their
jobs and start their own businesses, though few make it. Many place their expectations on their children,
hoping that they at least will rise in the ladder of success, American style.
B. They are often offered jobs with high incomes.
C. They are often considered lazy and dishonest.
D. They are often exploited by the public.
B. have bad effects on
C. break up
B. have at least some experience of college
C. receive houses from their parents
D. buy houses by themselves
B. they are not interested in their jobs
C. they could not earn much money
D. they are not their own bosses
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from all over the world to Switzerland to compete. Teams sculpt for sixty-five hours over five days. Each team hopes that when the time is up, its sculpture will be judged the best.
As the championship begins, the fourteen teams are faced with huge blocks of snow that weigh twenty
tons each. The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not
allowed to employ tools that use electricity.
Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with
tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feet (后脚) reaching into a fish bowl complete
with water ripples (涟漪) and a crab (螃蟹) trying to attack the cat. In 2006, Team USA sculpted a golden dog
looking at its image reflected in a mirror. To create the effect that the little dog saw its reflection in the glass,
the artists carved two dogs facing each other with their paws (脚爪) touching.
As the final hours of the competition tick by, exhausted team members add last-minute detail. They use
small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes. One team member counts down the last five minutes
while others are busy cleaning up the tools. If they leave any tools behind, they will be out. When the whistle
bows, everyone must step away from the sculpture. The judges then vote on creativity, technical skills, and
visual impact (视觉效果)of the designs.
In 200, Team USA took first place for their golden dog sculpture titled"Discovery". But the competition is
not just about medals and ribbons. "It"s not about the prize," said Rob Neyland, Team USA"s captain."It"s about
touching the audience."
Every year, as the championship ends, each team is already dreaming of the next masterpiece it will design.
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2. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work? (回答词数不超过9个)
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3. Why did Team USA win the competition in 2006? (回答词数不超过15个)
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That"s very good, since an urban landscape viewed from above can be an unlovely thing-block after block
of tarred (铺有沥青的) black rooftops, sticky in summer, ugly year-round. Or at least that"s the way it used
to be.
But urban roofs are going green. Environmental designers have begun to realize that the tops of buildings
don"t have to be wastelands. Indeed, they can be gardens, planted with grasses, flowers and bushes.
A planted roof usually comes in one of two varieties: extensive or intensive. The extensive type is wide
and shallow, with a soil depth of less than 8 inches, able to support smaller plants. The intensive type may
be smaller, but it"s relatively deeper and home to larger plants. Whatever the design, green roofs are not so
simple as ordinary gardens. The have multiple layers beneath the soil, including a drainage layer, waterproofing,
structural support, and so on. But this system can do a great deal of good. A recent paper in the journal Bio
Science tells that green roofs can control temperature, contain water and clean the air. And most impressively,
they can cut heat loss from a building by 50%, lower air-conditioning costs by 25%, and reduce the
urban-heated-island effect by 2℃.
Of course, apart from the square feet greened and heat reduced, green roofs are even more valued since
people can gain some psychological comfort simply by having a quiet place to go. as so often happens, what"s
good for the planet can also be good for the spirit.
This could mean the public would reject future Microsoft products. The public would lose trust in the company. Some people say this will not happen. They say Microsoft sent out several thousand copies of their new product to computer experts to test several months before it was released. Problems that these testers found were
immediately corrected. Microsoft representatives are working to solve all the other problems buyers find when
they try the new system. Computer industry experts say that if there are no major problems Microsoft can
expect to earn about 7 thousand million dollars from Windows 95 in the first two years. The experts say this
could be just a beginning for Microsoft and the whole computer industry. The experts say Windows 95 can
help the user do many different and difficult tasks. They say this means the sale of more powerful computers
and other computer products will increase as people learn about the new Microsoft product. Other companies
say Windows 95 is not a big improvement. The Apple Computer Company says its Mackintosh Operating System has been able to do many of the same things since 1989. For example, it has been able to let users work two
different programs at the same time. The Amega Computer also has offered this for almost ten years. And IBM
says the operating system it developed about 7 years ago is very similar.
B. is doubtful about what Microsoft Company has promised
C. shows no opinion of his own
D. is advertising Windows 95 for Microsoft Company
B. threat (威胁) other computer companies
C. help sell other products produced by Microsoft Company
D. bring about changes in other fields
B. Windows 95 will bring about a great change in the whole computer industry
C. other companies don"t think highly of Windows 95
D. Windows 95 will help sell more powerful computers
brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly
believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main
market is. In Mollie"s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which
is what every writer should be doing."If you aren"t telling a story, you"re a very dead writer indeed," she says.
With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer."I have this
great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language," she says. "This love goes back
to early childhood. I"ve told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like
to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said
I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said "Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you"ll be a writer." So finally
I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine
that I would be a writer."
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third
person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie"s ambition (理想) and her
struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地) brought thoughts of the
time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields-sadly now covered with
modern houses."I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my
childhood. I"ll never go back," she said."Never.""When I set one of my books in Scotland," she said,"I can
recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at
work. And that"s important, because children now know so much so early that romance can"t exist for them,
as it did for us."
B. It should be attractive to young readers.
C. It should be based on original ideas.
D. It should not include too much conversation.
B. Being short of writing skills.
C. The weakness of description.
D. The absence of a story.
B. She didn"t enjoy writing stories.
C. She didn"t have any particular ambitions.
D. She didn"t respect her teacher"s views.
B. better informed
C. less eager to learn
D. less interested in reality
B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter"s books.
C. To introduce Mollie Hunter"s work to a wider audience.
D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter"s existing readers.
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