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1、阅读理解1Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement.
2、 With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No on
3、e really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.The word friend “ can be applied to a wide range of relationships-to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a tr
4、usted confidant.Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except.going to collegegetting a better jobsaving moneyfinding a place to live in retirementSummer is a special time when many Americans.A. enjoy the sunlightB. feel strangeC. get a new jobD. travel to other countriesW
5、hen summer comes, many Americans.expect to find some close friendshope to meet new people often mirror the lives of the audiencebut with some drama added. This means the viewer can relate to the characters and feel the pain and happiness they go through on the show.Because these soap operas last for
6、 decades, the cast is ever changing. The shows rarely focus on one or two main characters. Like the real world, people come and go all the time. However, there are exceptions. Coronation Streets William Roach, 76, has played the role of Ken Barlow since the very first episode of the show in 1960, an
7、d he is still a regular.The choice of which soap opera you follow is often cultural: People from the north of British tend to watch Coronation Street as it is set in Manchester. People from the south generally prefer East-enders, which is set in the east of London. The show is generally considered g
8、rittier and is aimed at a younger audience.What is the main difference between American dramas and British soap operas?American dramas are longer.British soap operas are longer.American dramas deal with dangerous things.British soap operas deal with real people.Why do British people like to watch su
9、ch operas?They can find their own life firom the operas.They can enjoy the operas in their free time.They can watch the operas for many years.They care about the fate of the characters in the operas.The underlined world “episodes in the 2nd paragraph probably meansA. playsA. playsA. playsB. pagesA.
10、playsissuesD. partsOne characteristic of British operas is thatthe characters play the same role for a long timethe characters in the play often changepeople don*t know what will happen nextthere is only one or two characters in them阅读理解7A growing aging population, along with increased access to hea
11、lth insurance, will create the need for about 52,000 more primary care doctors in the US by the year 2025, according to a new study.The researchers want to estimate how many such doctors the US health care system would need after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (法令)in 2010, which will give an
12、 estimated 34 million more Americans access to health insurance.But Dr. Winston Liaw, one of the studys authors, said the biggest need will not come from the fact that more people have health insurance. A lot of increase is going to be from population growth. That*s going to be the largest driver. T
13、hen, a smaller percentage is actually going to be from insurance expansion, said Liaw, who was a fellow at Washingtons Robert Graham Center when the study was written. Liaw and his workmates, who published their findings in the Annals of Family Medicine, use several databases to estimate how many pr
14、imary care doctors there are in the US and how many people visit them. They then use that information with additional data from the United States Census Bureau to estimate how many doctors will be needed as the population grows, ages and gains more access to healthinsurance.In 2008, the researchers
15、estimated that people made 462 million office visits to primary care doctors. They estimate that the number will grow to 565 million by 2025. That additional use, they said, will require a 3 percent increase in the current primary care doctor workforce, or an additional 52,000 doctors or so. That nu
16、mber is an expectation of how many weH need in addition to how many we have today, ” said Liaw, now at Virginia Common - wealth University.Of those, 33,000 doctors are needed to account for population growth, 10,000 for the aging population and more than 8,000 for increased insurance access.The fact
17、 that they made separate estimates of the increased demands for primary care services that might be due to population growth on the one hand, aging of the population and thirdly the Affordable Care Act is a very useful addition to this area, “ said Dr. John Rowe of the Columbia University Mailman Sc
18、hool of Public Health in New York.The study, however, cannot say whether or not there will be enough doctors to satisfy the additional need, said Liaw. For that, he added, they would also have to look at how many people are expected to graduate from medical school and how many doctors will retire in
19、 his next studies.The demand for more primary care doctors is mainly due to.passing the medical act in 2010free access to health insurancethe population explosionthe aging populationAccording to the study, how many primary care doctors are there now in the US?A. About 1.7 million.B. About 4.6 millio
20、n.About 5.2 million.About 5.6 million.About 5.2 million.About 5.6 million.What is the key information the author wants to give in the last paragraph?More studies are needed before reaching a final conclusion.The new act will meet all Americans, medical requirements.The author encourages more people
21、to attend medical school.Further additions to doctors1 pay may take the form of bonus payments.Where does this text probably come from?A doctor*s diary.A news report.A tourist guidebook.A research about health.阅读理解8English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every s
22、even human beings can speak it. More than half of the worlds books and three quarters of international mails are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words.However, lets face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, n
23、either pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a harmburger . Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren*t sweet, are meat.We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (矛盾),we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths
24、in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers dont fing , grocers dont groce, and hammers don*t ham? If the plural (复数形式)of tooth is teeth, shouldntthe plural of booth be beeth ? One goose, two geese-so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise
25、 man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. Thats why, wh
26、en stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.According to the passage.there should be eggs in an eggplantsweet-meats and sweetbreads are differentpineapples are the apples on
27、 the pine treeboxing rings should be roundWhat does the author use most to prove his idea?A. Plurals.B. Paradoxes.C. Comparisons.D. Synonyms.The underlined words “a wise guy” in Paragraph 3 probably mean somebody wisea valuable chancean opposite worda stupid personThe last paragraph is written to sh
28、ow.A. English is importanta word may have several definitionshuman beings are creativewhy people invented English阅读理解9The Boston Opera HouseIn Person :The Boston Opera House Box Office is open MondayFriday from 10 a. m.5 p. m. We provide a direct and customer-friendly service that allows our custome
29、rs to choose their seats and buy their tickets at face value (票面价值)without service charges or delivery fees (费用).While youre in the neighborhood, check out our dining and parking choices when you attend your favorite shows.Online:Tickets for all Broadway in Boston shows and other concerts and cultur
30、al presentations are sold online at .Tickets for all Boston Ballet performances are sold online at .By Phone:Tickets for all Broadway in Boston shows and other concerts and cultural presentations can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1.800.982.2787.Tickets for all Boston Ballet performances ca
31、n be purchased by calling 617.695.6955.Refund (退款)Policy:No refunds or exchanges.The Boston Opera House PoliciesSome shows may not be appropriate for children of all ages. Please enquire at 617.259.3400.Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket. No babies in arms“ will be allowed.Tips for Theat
32、ergoersLeave yourself enough time for traffic.Check the date and time of the performance on tickets purchased.If you arrive late to your performance you may have to wait to be seated at appropriate breaks in the performance. Please arrive on time, no less than 15 minutes before curtain (开演).You can
33、buy tickets for performances at the Boston Opera House in all the following ways EXCEPT.A. at the box officeB. by telephoneC. through emailD. on the websiteWhat is one advantage of purchasing tickets in person?You dont need to pay extra fees.You can get free parking and dining.You are sure to get th
34、e best seats.You can exchange tickets if you wish.If you are attending a show at the Opera House,.you can take your baby with youyou don*t have to buy a ticket for your kidyou are allowed to enter the auditorium immediately even if you are lateyou are advised to arrive 15 minutes before the performa
35、nce begins阅读理解10Twentythreeyear old Rio Safiyanto sells face masks, or coverings, for about 30 cents each in central Jakarta, Indonesia. He makes enough money to buy a cell phone that permits him to visit websites. He says every average person has a cellphone. He likes having one because he can talk
36、 to his family when he is away from home. And, he is especially pleased that he can use it to listen to music. It is known as a feature phone. That is because it is cheaper and cannot perform as many actions as more advanced phones like the Apple iPhone.These devices make up the majority of cell pho
37、nes sold around the world. They have proven more successful in places like Indonesia, where some smartphones cost 700 dollars or more. Although many lower-income users are new to smartphones, they are quickly learning to use the technology.Cell manufacturer Nokia offers a service called Life Tools.
38、For a small monthly payment, the company sends text messages to farmers. The messages tell of weather conditions, crop prices, agricultural news and give other advice.Local businessman Aldi Haryopratomo has developed a way for small store owners to sell things like prepaid cellphone minutes and life
39、 insurance through text messages. Ruma is the company that developed the technology. The company is working on a system that will notify people about jobs in their area.At a recent digital technology show in Jakarta, banks offered no -interest financing for credit card purchases. Marina Luthfiani ma
40、nages a mobile shop in the area. She said almost everyone can buy a smartphone because of competitivefinancing and credit choices. She says Indonesians like to buy the latest devices.A report last June by Semiocast, a French internet research company, said Jakarta was the worlds top tweeting(发微博)cit
41、y, ahead of Tokyo and London.Why are feature phones popular in Indonesia?It has fewer functions.It can be used to enjoy music.It is less expensive.It is more attractive.What is true of the service Life Tools?It can sell agricultural products.It provides useful information to farmers.It is free of ch
42、arge mainly for farmers.It helps farmers to make production plan.What does the underlined word “notify” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Inform.B. Ask.C. Direct.D. Help.What is the main idea of the text?Indonesians like services on the Internet.The Internet is widely used in Indonesia.Feature phones are the o
43、nly choices in Indonesia.D. More and more Indonesians use smartphones.阅读理解1答案解析:.答案:C细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容,用排除法可以得知答案。.答案:D 细节理解题。由文章中第二段第二句话Today millions of Americans vacation abroad如今数百万的美国人去国外度假”可知答案。.答案:B推理判断题。文章第二段中提到美国人不仅去欣赏风景,也希望在 那里遇见新的人们,同时作者提至No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a c
44、lose friend.”没人会指望一个假期就能结交一个密友,所以A选项错误。.答案:B 主旨大意题。文章第二段第一句话是中心句,下面都是对其进行解 释说明。阅读理解2答案解析:.答案:C细节理解题。文章第一段最后一句话提出,这些发现表明对于偏好 有一个生物学基础,这里的“biological basis”指的就是“natural difference”。.答案:D 推理判断题。文章第三段提到9至14月的女孩比男孩在玩偶上玩 的时间更长,而23岁的女孩把50%的时间用在玩玩偶上,而只有两个男孩简 单的碰触了一下,可以得出答案为D,同时A项中“not at all”太绝对。.答案:A细节理解题。
45、通过文中第二段提到,典型男孩和典型女孩的玩具中 都包含了 Teddy,只是颜色不同而已。.答案:B推理判断题。这篇文章的体裁是一篇研究报告,所以会出现在 science section”中。阅读理解3答案解析:1.答案:D 词义猜测题。在How to get paid部分中写到如果你有至少10.00元 钱后面应该是“共计,总共”的意思,所以accumulate应为“积累,积攒”的意思。want to begin lasting friendships with new peopleBoth A and BWhich of the following is the topic sentence
46、of the second paragraph?Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships.No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friendship.But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.阅读理解2Baby girls make their way directly for d
47、olls as soon as they can crawl, while boys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown. The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.Psychologists Dr. Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment inv
48、olving 90 infants aged nine months to 36 months. The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys. Some were typically boys* toys: a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy. The rest were girls* toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set. They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick
49、 whichever toy they liked. Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.Of the youngest children (9 to 14 months), girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did. Among the
50、 two-and three-yearolds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched.答案:C 推理判断题。同样在How to get paid部分中提到it makes payments through ttAlertPay,所以答案为 C。.答
51、案:B写作目的题。文章主题为第一段最后一句话,提出网上赚钱的方法, 所以答案为B。阅读理解4答案解析:.答案:B 推理判断题。根据文章第一段The Pareto Principle,可知,80%获 得的结果是由付出中那20%的专注努力获得的,所以这一原则要求人们专注于正 确的、重要的事情。.答案:C 推理判断题。根据文章Make a “todo” list可知,人们要按照重要 性的顺序把要做的事情列单,所以答案为C。注意题干中提到在周日,不存在上 学路上听磁带这一问题。.答案:B 词义猜测题。根据文章这一部分的小标题“Minimize interruption”干 扰最小化,以及“.block
52、 interruptions”后面for example例证可以得知此处block 为“阻止”的意思。.答案:A主旨大意题。根据文章第一段最后一句话可以得知本文的主题。阅读理解5答案解析:.答案:C写作目的题。首先明确本文是一篇订制杂志的广告,所以是为了吸 引订户的。.答案:A 细节理解题。文章第一段中提到订一年送一年,B项中文中要求 order now所以错误,C项文中说只有美国可以,D项为无中生有。.答案:D 细节理解题。文中提到100%退款保证,不需提任何问题。阅读理解6答案解析:.答案:D 细节理解题。文中第三段提到“unlike US dramas, the British Soap
53、 operas focus on the real world.”因止匕答案为 D。.答案:A细节理解题。根据文中第三段第三句提到,它的吸引力在于人物角 色的生活经常能够反映观众的生活,所以答案为A。.答案:D词义猜测题。根据上下文,这部肥皂剧一直播放了 48年了,每个 礼拜又播放好几次,因此导致的结果应该是已经有7000多集了。所以episode 应为“(电视剧中的)一集”的意思。所以答案为D。.答案:B细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句话可以得知,因为英国的这些 肥皂剧要持续好几十年,因此the cast(演员阵容)经常改变。所以答案为B。阅读理解7答案解析:.答案:C细节理解题。文章第一段
54、提出,日益增长的老龄人口以及增长了的 健康保险,使得对初级护理医生的需求增加,B项free错误,不是免费的。.答案:A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段到2025年那将需要比现在的初级护 理队伍增加3个百分点,或者说增加52000个医生,因此现在的医生队伍人数为 52000-3%1.7(million)o.答案:A 推理判断题。最后一段中提到,这项研究不能说明是否会有足够的 医生来满足这一个额外的需求,因此,可以推断出A项,还需要有更多的研究。.答案:D 主旨大意题。文章第一段就提出了主题,这是一篇研究报告。阅读理解8答案解析:.答案:B 细节理解题。文中第二段提到Sweetmeats are ca
55、ndy, while sweetbreads are meat.所以两者是不同的。.答案:B细节理解题。文中第三段提到,作者使用了大量的Paradoxes来证 实自己的观点。.答案:D 猜测词意题。根据逻辑关系,文中第三段提到a wise man和a wise guy为反义词。.答案:C主旨大意题。根据整篇文章讲述,可以得知,作者通过大量英语单 词的举例得出,这些都反映了人类的创造性,因此,答案为C。阅读理解9答案解析:.答案:C细节理解题。通过文章黑体部分可以得知C项不正确。.答案:A 细节理解题。通过文章第一部分可以得知如果当面在票房购买,可 以按票面价值购买,而不需额外付服务费和运送费。
56、.答案:D 细节理解题。最后一部分提到提前15分钟到。no less than”至少, 多达”。阅读理解10答案解析:.答案:C推理判断题。文中第一段提到那是因为他们便宜,第二段又提到这 种手机占据了全球手机的主要销售,而在印尼等地销路更好,可以猜测答案。.答案:B细节理解题。由文章第三段中得知,诺基亚公司提供的这项服务, 农民每月只掏小钱就能收到该公司发送的关于天气、农作物价格等各方面的信息。.答案:A 猜测词义题。根据语境,Ruma这家公司正在开发一个系统,该系 统会告知人们当地的就业信息。又根据构词法notify的词根为notice“通知”,因 此可以猜测notify为通知的意思。.答案
57、:D主旨大意题。这篇文章体裁类似一篇新闻报道,联系全文可知答案。There was no link between the parents1 view on which toys were more suitable for boys or girls, and the childrens choice.Dr. Brenda Todd said: Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization. Boys may be given toys that go while girls get toys they can
58、care fbr, which may help shape their preference. But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There could be a biological basis for their choices. Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through h
59、unting instincts (本能),while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby.”Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because.baby boys are much more activebaby girls like bright colors morethere is a natural difference between themtheir parents treat them dif
60、ferentlyWhat can we infer from Paragraph 3?Ninemonth old baby boys dont play with dolls at all.Two -yearold baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls.Parents should teach their babies to share each other1 s toys.The older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is.Both baby boys and ba
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