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1、学位英语-阅读理解More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe thats why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!Get on a bicycle and ri

2、de around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You dont even have to ride all the way.Fold

3、ing bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Mot a

4、ll airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.Health Benefits of Bicycling:It helps to prevent heart diseases.It helps to control your weight.It helps to control your weight.A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year. It can improve your mood. Exe

5、rcise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident. Bicycling is healthier than driving.1. From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very （）. 单选题 *A. SurprisingB. excitingC. expensiveD. popular(正确答案)2. When you are riding your bicycle around yo

6、ur neighborhood, you may （）. 单选题 *A. Pollute the environment aroundB. find something you didnt notice.(正确答案)C. go everywhere and use a little oilD. get off your bike and begin to work.3. If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and （） 单选题 *A. Get out of the carB. take it onto a train(正确答案)

7、C. put it in your purseD. go on airline websites4. One of the benefits from bicycling is that （） 单选题 *A. You can fold the bicycleB. you will be more relaxed(正确答案)C. you will be friendly to othersD. you may get fatter and fatter5. Which is TRUE according to the passage? （） 单选题 *A. Bicycling is an enj

8、oyable exercise for people.(正确答案)B. Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.C. Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood.D. Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.Passage 2What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read

9、 the following passage.Escaping a fire in a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping th

10、rough windows is possible; learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an a

11、verage man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than sm

12、oke that may leak into the room.On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.1. It is important to （） 单选题 *A. Put

13、 out the fire in the burning houseB. Know the ways to escape the fire(正确答案)C. Jump off a burning houseD. Keep the door closed2. It is possible to escape through the windows （） 单选题 *A. If there are some bushes on the groundB. If you are strong enoughC. If you live on a lower floor(正确答案)D. If you have

14、 a long rope3. Which of the following escaping way is NOT right? （） 单选题 *A. You can escape through stairways.B. You can choose fire escapes.C. Escape from the windows that open onto a roof.D. Use a lift to come down at once.(正确答案)4. Open the window so that （）if the building is on fire. 单选题 *A. You c

15、an get fresh air(正确答案)B. You can call for helpC. You can easily jump offD. You can be seen first5. The best title of the passage is （） 单选题 *A. Escaping from the WindowsB. Save Yourself in the Burning House(正确答案)C. Knowledge on FireD. Waiting for HelpPassage 3 Many children use the Internet to get us

16、eful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet. Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activit

17、ies you can go online. Dont give you password to anyone else, and never leak out the following information your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information. Check with your parents before giving out a credit card number. Never send a photo to yourself to someone

18、in e-mail unless your parents say its OK. Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different people. You and your parents must make sure its a right place for you.Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your pare

19、nts permission. Never meet anyone you met online alone. Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as strangers. If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable. Leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away. Treat other people as you

20、d like to be treated. Never use bad language. Remember not everything you read on the Internet is true.1. If you want a true friend on the Internet, you can （） 单选题 *A. Tell the people what your name isB. Meet the people on line aloneC. Write an e-mail about yourselfD. Get your parents permission(正确答

21、案)2. Its good for children to （）on the internet. 单选题 *A. Give password to othersB. Get useful knowledge and information(正确答案)C. Give out a credit card numberD. Go into a chat room as theyd like to3. The underlined phrase ”leak out” in the 3-rd paragraph may mean （） 单选题 *A. give awayB. leave outC. gi

22、ve out(正确答案)D. put away4. if your parents dont agree, never （） 单选题 *A. reading anything on the InternetB. relax in your free timeC. have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online(正确答案)D. treat other people as youd like to be treated5. this passage is mainly about （） 单选题 *A. how to use comput

23、ersB. surfing on the InternetC. information on the InternetD. internet safety rules(正确答案)Passage 4 Helen was in her 60s and had red hair and high self-respect. I looked up to her because she was doing what she loved -serving people-and nobody did it better. She made everyone smile and feel go custom

24、ers and co-workers alike I learned from her how to serve the customers just the way they wanted. One of my regular customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate a toast plus fried eggs and a cup of milk. When I saw him walking toward the diner. I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down Tha

25、nks to the newfound confidence I picked up from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant But when I called my parents to ask for a loan, they said, we just dont have the money. The next day, Fred saw me and asked, Whats wrong, Sunshine? Youre not smiling today. I shared my dream with him and sai

26、d, Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me. A few days later, he handed me a check of $50,000-along with a note that I have to this day. It read, I trust your honesty. Good people with a dream should have the opportunity to make that dream come true I opened my own restaur

27、ant and business was good. A few years later, I paid back Fred the $50,000. plus 14-percent annual interest I got a thank-you note from Fred, which will be imprinted on my heart forever. He had been sick and wrote that my check had helped cover his increasing medical bills. His letter read. That loa

28、n is one of the best investments Ive ever made. Few people could have the luck I had1. why did the speaker look up to Helen.（） 单选题 *A. She had red hairB. She provided the best service(正确答案)C. She was the oldest of the groupD. She always felt god2. How did the speaker serve her customers? （） 单选题 *A.

29、With a smile on her faceB. With her newfound self-confidenceC. By expecting what they wantedD. In the way they desired(正确答案)3. What was the speakers dream? （） 单选题 *A. Being respected like Helen.B. Getting a loan from her parentsC. Having a lot of moneyD. Starting a restaurant of her own(正确答案)4. Why

30、did Fred Hasbrook give the speaker a check? （） 单选题 *A. To thank her for her good serviceB. To pay for his mealsC. To help her realize her dream(正确答案)D. To invest in her restaurant5. What did Fred Hasbrook say in his thank-you note? （） 单选题 *A. Her service left an ever-lasting impression on himB. He g

31、ot lots of money by making good investmentsC. He was poor and was unable to pay his medical billsD. He was lucky to have lent the speaker the money(正确答案)Passage 5 Last week my son and I visited my father at his new home in Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place

32、 and meet his friends My earliest memories of my father were of a talk handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got

33、 an A at school and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as successful as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at a cafe. We

34、did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my sons funny facial expressions. Gone was my fathers critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before? The next day my dad pulled ou

35、t his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, Im delighted with my new friend.

36、My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.1. Which of the following is true about the authors earliest memories of her father? （） 单选题 *A. Hes a tall and handsome man but not that successful in his careerB. Hes hardworking but not that successfulC. Hes devoted to his work bu

37、t failed to be loyal to his familyD. Hes devoted to his work and family but he was unpleasant with his children(正确答案)2. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?（） 单选题 *A. He was silent most of the timeB. He was too proud of himself.C. He did not love his childrenD. He expect

38、ed too much of her(正确答案)3. When the author went out with her father on weekends. she would feel （） 单选题 *A nervous(正确答案)B sorryC tiredD safe4. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Arizona? （） 单选题 *A. More criticalB. More talkativeC. Gentle and friendly(正确答案)D Strict and hardwor

39、king5. The underlined words my new friend in the last paragraph refer to （） 单选题 *A. the authors sonB. the authors father(正确答案)C. the friend of the authors fatherD. the cafe ownerPassage 6 The young people who talk of the village as being dead are tau thing but nonsense, as in their hearts they lust

40、surely know. No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that village life is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago, when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing

41、 number in search of work, and home was where work was.There are still a number of people alive today who can remember. What village life meant the early years of the present century? It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the villag

42、e of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp-oil and coal Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war. new ideas. new attitudes. new trades and occupations were revealed to villager

43、s. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make village life and town life almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in ta

44、lking any longer about village life. It is just life, and that a better life. Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes, which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning or see the children as they walk homeward in lit

45、tle groups. Obviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.1. By saying that village is not dead, but village life is dead, the writer suggests that （） 单选题 *A. those

46、young people who talk of the village as being dead are wrongB. the two statements are against each otherC. village life today is rather uninterestingD. village life today is no longer like what is used to be(正确答案)2. It was （） that village life began to take a sharp turn 单选题 *A. about a century ago(正

47、确答案)B. during the two world warsC. with electricity and motorcars Introduced Into the villageD. only recently3. As is suggested in Paragraph 2, villagers in the past （） 单选题 *A. lived a simpler life than villagers today(正确答案)B knew fewer people than villagers todayC. found it difficult to enioy thems

48、elvesD. liked to wash themselves with cold water4. The expression There is no point whatever in talking about. in Paragraph 4 means that （） 单选题 *A. there is no end to the talking aboutB. it is harmful to talk aboutC. it is meaningless to talk about(正确答案)D. there is no reason for talking about5. From

49、 the passage we can see that the writers attitude toward village life is （） 单选题 *A. positiveB negativeC neutral(正确答案)D unclearPassage 7 Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight

50、. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along swimmingly. Two-thirds of the homes

51、interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog. However, it wasnt all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25 of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of t

52、heir body signals were just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission. In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each others language. It is

53、 a surprise that cats can learn how to talk dog” and dogs can learn how to talk “cat”. Whats interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each others body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously sus

54、pected. Once familiar with each others presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom each other. The significance of research on cats and dogs may

55、go beyond pets-to people who dont get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.1. The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph I is closest in meaning to （） 单选题 *A earlyB sweetly(正确答案)C quickl

56、yD smoothly2. Some cats and dogs may fight when （） 单选题 *A. they are cold to each otherB. they look away from each otherC. they misunderstood each others signals(正确答案)D. they are introduced at an early age3. What is found surprising about cats and dogs? （） 单选题 *A. They eat and sleep each otherB. They

57、 observe each others behaviorsC. They learn to speak each others language(正确答案)D. They know something from each others voices4. It is suggested in Paragraph 4 that cats and dogs （） 单选题 *A have common interestsB are less different than was thought(正确答案)C. h have a common body languageD are less intel

58、ligent than was expected5. What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs? （） 单选题 *A. We should learn to live in harmony.(正确答案)B. We should know more about animalsC. We should live in peace with animalsD. We should learn more body languagesPassage 8 Every human being, no matter what he is doing，

59、gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem-how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which utilizes not only body heat， but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs(电灯泡) and refrigerators(冰箱)as well. The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus six buildings comfortable. Some parts of most mod