广东省中山市成考专升本英语

广东省中山市成考专升本英语学校:________班级:________姓名:________考号:________

一、阅读理解(30题)1.39.Accordingtothepassage,whenyougetawrongnumberinmakingalong-distancecall,youshould______.A.checkyournumberandcallagainB.telltheoperatorwhathashappenedC.AsktheoperatortoputyouthroughD.Asktheoperatorwhathashappened

2.

3.Whybluelightsareinstalledinmanytrainstations?

A.Becausetheydonothurthumaneyes.

B.Becausetheyarecheaperthanregularones.

C.Becausetheycanhelppeopleatnight.

D.Becausetheycanreducethenumberofsuicides.

4.Mrs.Smithdidn’tcallthepolicebecause______.

A.shewasonthebus

B.shewasnotsurewhethershehadthetenpoundnoteswithher

C.shewas’tooangrytodoso

D.shedidn’tliketomaketroubleforothers

5.Choosethecorrectstatement.

A.TheRangeRoverhadfront-wheeldrive.

B.Thegroupleftforthehuntingtripat2:15P.M.

C.Afterresting,theyfixedtheirtent.

D.Therabbittrickedthefalcon.

6.Theword"real"inthelastparagraphmaymostprobablymean"______".

A.seriousB.trueC.importantD.concrete

7.39.$16,800isthecollector'svalueof______.A.theOnePennyOrange-RedB.acorrectlyprinted'1847stampC.theTwoPennyBlueD.bothAandC

8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.LawntennisbecamepopularveryrapidlyintheUnitedStates.

B.ItwasMajorWalterWingfieldwhoinventedcourttennis.

C.Thesportwascalled"lawntennis"shortlyafteritwasinvented.

D.MissOuterbridgesetupalawntenniscourtwiththehelpofherbrother.

9.ThereisunlikelyanylifeonVenusbecause______.

A.thesurfacetemperatureistoohot

B.itistoocoldthere

C.itisseverelyshortofwater

D.ithasaverythinatmosphere

10.PassageFiveTherehasbeenaboomin“karaoke”inJapan．Manypeople，nomatterwhattheirageorgender，gothereoftentoenjoysingingoutloud，toseekrelieffromdailystressorjustforfun．The“kara”ofkara-okemeans“empty”．whilethe“oke’’isaJapaneseabbreviationoftheEnglishword，“0rchestra．”ThesetwowordscomingtogethermeananorchestrawithoutasinG—er，karaokesystemsatewidespreadinmanycountriesnowadays．“karaokebars’’arewellknownbyAmericans，butactuanywehavefewkaraokebarsinJapan．Whatwecall“karaokebox”ismorepopularinJapan．

Torelishkaraokeisnotdifficultatall．Allyouhavetodoistofindsomefriendstogowithyou．Afteryouhavesettledintotheroomandgottensomethingtoeatordrink，youareal-readytosing．Youlookuponeofthesongbooksandchooseasongyouwishtosingintwodif-ferentways：eitherbythesingersnameortitleofthesong．Thenenterthecodenumbersofthesongintotheremotecontr01．Soonyourmusicwillstart．Somekaraokesetsevenhaveavoicechangesystem．Youcanchangeyourvoicefromawoman’stoaman’s，oraman’stoawoman’s．Thisisveryinteresting．Buttheimportantthinghereisyoushouldlistentootherpeoplesingingatthesanletime．Usuallypeopleliketohaveaudiences，andyouwantthemtolistentoyouwhileyouaresinging，too．Youcanfeellikearealsingerifyouhavesomeonetolistentoyou，andthat’swhatpeoplelikewhendoingkaraoke．

Sinceyouwillhaveyourownroomandtherewillbenounfamiliarpeoplewatchingyou，youwillfeelmorecomfortablesinginginakaraokeboxthansinginginfrontofmanypeople，likeinkaraokebars．YouCallspendthetimeinamorerelaxedatmosphere，whichismoreen．joyable．

Onceyouhaveexperiencedkaraoke，youmightwanttogoagainandagain，thoughsomepeoplewouldnotlikesinginginfrontofpeopleeveniftheywerefriendsorfamily．Butyoucanstillhaveajotof．funthere，evenifyoudontsing．Wemakejokesandwetalkasifwewereathome．Ipersonallylikekaraokeverymuch．IlikesingingandIhavesomuchfuneverytimeIgo．Ithilnkweareseekingawaytoexpressourselvestopeoplewhom，welike．

InJapanese，theword“Karaoke”comefrom“kara”and“oke．”Whatdothesewordsmean?

A.Singandtogether．

B.Singandhavefun．

C.Orchestraandsinger．

D.EmptyandOrchestra．

11.Accordingtothepassage，Argentinaisworld-famousBecauseofits_________．A.excellenceatmostimportantsports

B.successesinthefootballWorldCup

C.obviouspositiononthemap

D.1argenumberofsportsfansandsupporters

12.Inthesecondparagraph,theword"track"couldbestbereplacedbywhichofthefollowing?

A.Band.B.Rails.C.Path.D.Sequence.

13.Whatcouldhomeownersdotocomplywiththenewregulation?

A.Writealetter.

B.Askforpermission.

C.Usemoreelectricity.

D.Installnewlow-sootfireplaces.

14.Ifapersonfindsgettingupearlyaproblem,mostprobably______

A.heisalazyperson

B.herefusestofollowhisownenergycycle

C.heisnotsurewhenhisenergyislow

D.heisathispeakintheafternoonorevening

15.根据下列材料回答下列各题。

ForsometimepastithasbeenwidelyacceptedthatbabiesandothercreatureslearntoDothingsbecausecertainactsleadto“rewards”；andthereisnoreasontoDoubtthatthisistrue．Butitusedalsotobewidelybelievedthateffectiverewards，atleastintheearlystages，hadtobeDirectlyrelatedtosuchbasicphysiological“drives”asthirstorhunger．Inotherwords，ababywouldlearnifhegotfoodorDrinkorsomesortofphysicalcomfort，nototherwise．

Itisnowclearthatthisisnotso．Babieswilllearntobehaveinwaysthatproduceresultsintheworldwithnorewardexceptthesuccessfuloutcome．

Papousekbeganhisstudiesbyusingmilkinthenormalwayto“reward”thebabiesandsoteachthemtocartyoutsomesimplemovements，suchasturningtheheadtoonesideortheother．Thenhenoticedthataba]bywhohadhadenoughtoDrinkwouldrefusethemilkbutwouldstillgoonmakingthelearnedresponsewithclearsignsofpleasure．Sohebegantostudythechildren’sresponsesinsituationswherenomilkWasprovided．Hequicklyfoundthatchildrenasyoungasfourmonthswouldlearntoturntheirheadstorightorleftifthemovement“switchedon”aDisplayoflights-andindeedthattheywerecapableoflearningquitecomplextul"11stobringaboutthisresult．Forinstance，twoleftortworight，oreventomakeausmanyasthreeturnstooneside．

Papousek’slightDisplayWasplacedDirectlyinfrontofthebabiesandhemadetheinter-estingobservationthatsometimestheywouldnotturnbacktowatchthelightscloselyalthoughthevwould“smileandbubble”whentheDisplaycameon．Papousekconcludedthatitwasnotprimarilythesightofthelightswhichpleasedthem，itWastheSuccesstheywereachievinginsolvingtheproblem，inmasteringtheskin，andthatthereexistsafundamentalhumanurgetomakesenseoftheworldandbringitunderintentionalcontrol．（）Accordingtotheauthor,babieslearntoDothingswhich__________．A.A.areDirectlyrelatedtopleasure

B.willmeettheirphysicalneeds

C.willbringthemafeelingofSuccess

D.willsatisfytheircuriosity

16.Accordingtothepassage,thepositiveactionintheexamplecontributestoour______.

A.self-respect

B.financialrewards

C.advertisingability

D.friendlyrelationship

17.Barany'stheorywasprovedincorrect______.

A.inzerogravityB.incoldairC.inhotairD.instrongwind

18.WhyDidonescientistexposebirdstoartificialDaylight?

A.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandaDiseaseoftheglandscommontobords

B.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandmigration．

C.Totesttherelationshipbetweenmigrationandtemperature．

D.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandchangesintheseason．

19.Whatdidthemanmeanbysaying"Takeiteasyunlessyouwantleadforlunch"?A.A.Putupyourhands.

B.Don'tmoveorI'llshootyou.

C.Ifyouwanttohavelunch,youmustlistentome.

D.Yougofirstslowlyandwe'llhavelunchtogether.

20.Thebesttitleforthisselectionis______.

A.HowWeSee

B.LeaningaboutOurMindsthroughScience

C.WhatPsychologistsPerceive

D.HowtoBecomeanExperimentalPsychologist

21.RecentstudiesbytheCouncilofEuropeshowthat______.

A.itisonlyinBritainthatwildlifeneedsmoreprotection

B.allspeciesofwildlifeinEuropeareindangerofdyingout

C.therearefewerspeciesofreptilesandbutterfliesinEuropethanelsewhere

D.certainspeciesofreptilesandbutterfliesinEuropeneedprotecting

22.Theunderlinedpart"thelawisloadedagainsthim"inthesecondparagraphismostlikelytomean______.

A.thelawisnotofhisinterest

B.thelawisunfavorabletohim

C.thelawisnotinfavorofhim

D.thelawisnotinhishonor

23.ForAmericans,whatdoesthedistanthorizonsymbolize?

A.rootednessB.rootlessnessC.thefutureD.thehorizon

24.Thedoctorwantedthegarage______.

A.torepairhiscar

B.tosenthimtoahospital

C.topullhiscarback

D.sendforanotherdoctor

25.PassageFour"Cool"isawordwithmanymeanings.

Itsoldmeaningisusedtoexpressatemperaturethatisalittlebitcold.Astheworldhaschanged,thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings."Cool"canbeusedtoexpressfeelingsofinterestinalmostanything.

Whenyouseeafamouscarinthestreet,maybeyouwillsay,"It'scool.'Youmaythink,"He'ssocool,"whenyouseeyourfavoritefootballplayer.Weallmaximize(扩大)themeaningof"cool".

Youcanuseitinsteadofmanywordssuchas"new"or"surprising".

Here'saninterestingstorywecanusetoshowthewaythewordisused.Ateacheraskedherstudentstowriteaboutthewaterfall(瀑布)theyhadvisited.

Ononestudent'spaperwasjusttheonesentence,"It'ssocool."Maybehethoughtitwasthebestwaytoshowwhathesawandfelt.Butthestoryalsoshowsa

scarcity

ofwords.

Without"cool",somepeoplehavenowordstoshowthesamemeaning.

Soitisquiteimportanttokeepsomecredibility(可信性).Canyouthinkofmanyotherwordsthatmakeyourlifeascolorfulastheword"cool"?Ican.AndIthinktheyarealsoverycool.46.Weknowthattheword"cool"hashad______.A.onlyonemeaningB.nomeaningsC.thesamemeaningD.manydifferentmeanings

26.PassageThree

Myhusbandandchildrenfeelveryhappytolivehere.Theycan'tseethatweliveonadirtystreetinadirtyhouseamongpeoplewhoaren'tgood.Theycan'tseethatourneighborshavetomakehappinessoutofallthisdirt.Idecidedthatmychildrenmustgetoutofthis.Themoneythatwe'vesavedisn'tnearlyenough.

TheMcGarityshavemoneybuttheyaresoproud.TheylookdownuponthepoorTheMcGaritygirljustyesterdaystoodoutthereinthestreeteatingfromabagofcandywhilearingofhungrychildrenwatchedher.Isawthosechildrenlookingatherandcryingintheirhearts;andwhenshecouldn'teatanymoreshethrewtherestdownthesewer(下水道).Why?Isitonlybecausetheyhavemoney?Thereismoretohappinessthanmoneyintheworld,isn'tthere?

MissJacksonwhoteachesattheSettlementHouseisn'trich,butsheknowsthings.Sheunderstandspeople.Hereyeslookstraightintoyourswhenshetalkswithyou.Shecanreadyourmind.I'dliketoseethechildrenwillbelikeMissJacksonwhentheygrowup.44.Thispassagesuggeststhatthewriter______.

A.iseasytogetalongwith

B.isneverpleasedwithherneighbors

C.isunhappywiththelifetheyareliving

D.isgoodatobservingandunderstandingpeople

27.Wilddogsaredangerouspredatorsbecausethey______.

A.areveryfierce

B.huntinlargepacks

C.areveryintelligent

D.haveunusuallylargelitters

28.Signlanguageissaidtobeveryvividandexactandcallbeusedinternationallyexceptfor____________．

A.spellingB.ideasC.wholewordsD.expressions

29.

第41题Theexamplesgivenforthefirstkindare________．

A.whistlesandsirens

B.doorbellsandtelephonebells

C.churchbellsandtelephonebells

D.typewritersandcashregisters

30.Whalebeachingsaresadeventsbecause______.

A.peopleknowthewhalesaregoingtodie

B.thewhaleshavetobecartedawayandburied

C.thewhalescannotbeusedasfood

D.noonecanusethebeachonthosedays

二、完型填空(20题)31.【B20】

A.atB.onC.ofD.to

32.

第34题第34空的正确答案是

A.tooB.muchC.soD.such

33.40.（）A.A.withB.fromC.throughD.into

34.(50)

A.carefulB.slowC.fastD.appropriate

35.(43)

A.problemB.conflictC.contributionD.work

36.(47)

A.afterB.beforeC.untilD.to

37.【B5】

A.onB.atC.overD.in

38.28.A.joinB.togetherC.individualD.joint

39.________查看材料

A.AsB.BecauseC.UntilD.So

40.(41)

A.aroundB.atC.intoD.through

41.35._______A.senseB.dirtC.moneyD.music

42.【B12】

A.LaterB.FurtherC.ThenD.Subsequently

43.【C8】

A.backB.placeC.directionD.way

44.

第33题请将正确答案填在第33处

A.understandingB.reachC.fieldD.mind

45.(49)

A.medalsB.priceC.moneyD.title

46.(48)

A.veryB.soC.asD.too

47.【C13】

A.areasB.citiesC.townsD.nations

48.TheNorwegianNobelCommitteehasdecidedto【21】theNobelPeacePrizefor1998toJohnHumeandDavidTrimblefortheireffortstofinda【22】solutiontotheconflictinNorthernIreland.

Overthepastthirtyyears,thenational,religiousandsocial【23】inNorthernIrelandhascostover3,500peopletheirlives.JohnHumehasthroughoutbeentheclearestandmost【24】ofNorthernIreland'spoliticalleadersinhis【25】forapeacefulsolution.Thefoundationsofthepeaceagreement【26】onGoodFriday1998reflectprincipleswhichhehasstoodfor.

Asthe【27】ofthetraditionallypredominantpartyinNorthernIreland,DavidTrimbleshowedgreatpolitical【28】when,atacriticalstageoftheprocess,headvocatedsolutionswhichledtothepeace【29】.AstheheadoftheNorthernIrelandgovernment,hehas【30】thefirststepstowardsbuildingupthemutualconfidenceonwhichalastingpeacemustbebased.

TheNorwegianNobelCommitteealsowishesto【31】theimportanceofthepositive【32】tothepeaceprocessmadebyotherNorthernIrishleaders,andbythegovernmentsofGreatBritain,Ireland,andtheUnitedStates.

TheNorwegianNobelCommittee【33】thehopethatthefoundationswhichhavenowbeenlaidwillnot【34】leadtolastingpeaceinNorthernIreland,butalsoserveto【35】peacefulsolutionstootherreligious,ethnicandnationalconflictsaroundtheworld.

(36)

A.awardB.acceptC.passD.refuse

49.24.A.haveB.studyingC.doesD.do

50.【C11】

A.walksB.exercisesC.tripsD.housework

三、词汇与语法知识(5题)51.12.Yourhandwritingis______mine.A.morebetterB.aswellasC.muchbetterthanD.morebetterthan

52.

第12题When__________bewashehadbecomeafamousartist．

A.hisearlythirty

B.inone’Searlythirties

C.hisearlythirties

D.inhisearlythirties

53.Onlythen_________thatshehadmadeamistake．

A.sherealized

B.didshereahze

C.hadsherealized

D.shehadrealized

54.

第13题HOWmanytimesdidtheclock__________?

A.hitB.knockC.beatD.strike

55.InApril，thousandsofholidaymakersremained__________abroadduetothevolcanicashcloud．

A.stickingB.stuckC.tobestuckD.tohavestuck

四、词汇与结构(5题)56.Thisoneis______themostreasonableofalltheprojectsproposed.

A.byfarB.inallC.atlargeD.asyet

57.Nomatterhowhardheworked,______.

A.hecouldnotdoanybetter

B.andhecouldnotdoanybetter

C.sohecouldnotdoanybetter.

D.buthecouldnotdoanybetter

58.Itis______heoftenbreakstheschoolrules______makeshisheadteacherunsatisfiedwithhim.

A.what;thatB.that;whatC.that;thatD.which;that

59.Toavoidgettingfined,theBrownfamily______eitherstopmakingnoiseormoveoutoftheflat.

A.mightB.mustC.couldD.would

60.NotuntilIbegantowork_____howmuchtimeIhadwasted.

A.didn'tIrealize

B.didIrealize

C.Ididn'trealize

D.Irealized

参考答案

1.B39．答案为B

第二段...calltheoperatorandexplainwhathappened可知拨错号码后可向接线员解释，以免收费。

2.D

3.D解析：本文讲的是许多日本火车站启用蓝色的灯以减少卧轨自杀人数。第一段提到，蓝色可以创造平静的氛围，想自杀的人会在这种气氛中平静下来，所以采用蓝色。

4.D解析：参见句子..but，asshedislikedwakingafussandgettingpeopleintotrouble，shedecidedtotakebackthemoneyfromtheoldlady’shandbagandsaynothingmoreaboutit.句中makeafuss表示“小题大作”。

5.B解析：见原文第二段。他们在星期四的下午出发前往狩猎的地点，开车走了三个小时，到达那里的时间是下午5：15。由此计算他们出发的时间是下午2：15。

6.D解析：本题属推理分析题。因为文章第四段第一句已提到：市场看起来似乎是很抽象的，接着文章有个转折“but”，故real应是concrete(实在的)的解释。

7.C此题为细节题。从文中最后一段最后一句BecauseoftheTwoPennyBlue'srarenessandage；collectorshavepaidasmuchas$16，800forit可知，被高价收藏的是TwoPennyBlue，原因是这种邮票非常稀少，总共才只有12张，故D为正确答案。

8.B根据文章内容，可知B项不正确，courttennis并不是MajorWalterWingfield发明的。

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.D解析：第二、三、四段。政府认为应当限制煤烟的排放量，以减少空气中的污染颗粒。工厂是排放煤烟最多的地方，应当加以限制。但政府认为，住宅也应受此限制，减少煤烟的排放。新的法律规定住宅必须安装新型的低烟壁炉，否则，在污染比较严重的时期，这些住户是不能使用他们的壁炉的。

14.D解析：细节辨认题。由第二段"'Getup,John!You'llbelateforworkagain!'ThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatJohnisathistemperature-and-energypeakintheevening'可得出正确答案为D。

15.C

16.A解析：根据第五段中的Uponleavingthestore,wefeelhonorableandourself-respectisincreased可判断出积极的行为可以增强我们的自尊心。

17.A

18.B

19.B

20.B

21.D解析：第1段讲councilofEurope研究表明certainspeciesofreptilesandbutterflies面临灭绝危险，故需要保护。

22.B

23.C

24.A解析：参见第一、二段。

25.D46．答案为D

从短文第一段Astheworldhaschanged，thewordhashadmanydifferentmeanings可知cool有很多不同的意思，D为正确选项。

26.C参见第一段。

27.B解析：参见原文第一段。单独一只野狗看起来没有危险，但它们组合成一群时就完全是另一回事了。他们是非常强悍的狩猎者。

28.A

29.B参见第二段第一句。

30.A第三段中提到一旦鲸鱼搁浅，等待它的只有死亡。A项是正确的。B项可能是事实，但文中并未提及鲸鱼死后的处理。

31.C解析：“thinkof”表示“认为，想”。

32.Cso…that…结构，表示“如此……以致于……”。

33.A

34.A

35.B解析：这里指出什么冲突以及造成的后果：国家、宗教、社会的冲突，并有3500人丧失了生命。

36.A解析：他起跑的状态不错，但是是在跨过第五道栏时才开始加速的。

37.B解析：atthepeak表“在顶峰”，固定搭配。

38.D

28．答案为D

此处测试词义与句法。yieldto(导致)，用法类似于leadto、payattentionto，to后应接名词(包括动名词)。分析填充处所在句子，to后已经有名词planninganddecisionmaking，判断出修饰它们的只能是形容词或名词。看选项，排除动词join和副词together。比较individual(个人的)和

joint(联合的)，依据句子的意思，选D为答案。

39.A句法结构题。

【应试指导】正当Johnny向外走时，他看见Lisette和她的朋友们正在门口。as引导时间状语从句。

40.C

41.A你认为哪些人的话更有道理?

42.A解析：lateron为固定短语，意为“后来”。

43.Binitsplace表示“放弃某件事的那个地方”。

44.D读书的时候你会在自己大脑中建立起图像、思维和观点等，这样就锻炼了你的脑力。而A项understanding“明白”；B项reach“区域，范围”；C项field“田野”，显然脱离了语境，故选D。

45.A解析：1908年，在英国伦敦，奥运会第一次给获胜的运动员颁发金牌。

46.B解析：从空白后面的that从句可以看出，空白处应填so，构成so…that句型，意思是“如此……以致于”。

47.D根据下文developingcountries的提示，此处应为nations。

48.A解析：这篇文章介绍了1998年两位诺贝尔和平奖获得者的事迹。awardaprizetosb．授奖予某人。挪威诺贝尔委员会决定将1998年诺贝尔和平奖授予JohnHume和DavidTrimble。

49.D答案为D。当两个相同的动作做比较时，为了避免重复，常用助动词代替前面出现的动词。

50.B户外锻炼，定时饮水，避免晚饭吃得过晚和忧愁，都有助于睡眠。因此答案应该是exercises。

51.C12．答案为C

你的书法比我强多了。形容词比较级可加much表强调。better本身就是比较级，不需要加more。aswellas表示“也……”。

52.D

53.B本题考查倒装句型。

【应试指导】句意：只有到那个时候，她才意识到自己犯了个错误。以“only+状语或状语从句”开头的句子要用倒装结构，即把助动词放在主语前。then意为“那时”，表示过去，所以要用一般过去时。

54.Dhit为“打，打击”；knock为“敲，相撞”；beat“(接连地)打，打败”；strike虽也有“打，撞击”的意思，但作为及物动词讲时，还有(钟)报(时)的意思。

55.B本题考查非谓语动词。

【应试指导】句意：由于火山灰的原因，四月份仍有成千上万的度假者滞留在国外。remain用作连系动词．后接过去分词作表语，表示主语所处的状态或已经发生的被动动作。该空用过去分词表示主语所处的状态。

56.A解析：“byfar+最高级”意为强调。

57.A

58.C解析：此句为强调句型，被强调部分是句子的主语，由第一个that即从属连词引导的主语从句来充当；第二个that是强调句型的组成部分。

59.B解析：must表示“必须”。

60.B解析：在具有否定意义的词起始的句子中，主句中的主语和谓语要倒装。倒装时，助动词移至主语前面，实意动词仍在主语之后。广东省中山市成考专升本英语学校:________班级:________姓名:________考号:________

一、阅读理解(30题)1.39.Accordingtothepassage,whenyougetawrongnumberinmakingalong-distancecall,youshould______.A.checkyournumberandcallagainB.telltheoperatorwhathashappenedC.AsktheoperatortoputyouthroughD.Asktheoperatorwhathashappened

2.

3.Whybluelightsareinstalledinmanytrainstations?

A.Becausetheydonothurthumaneyes.

B.Becausetheyarecheaperthanregularones.

C.Becausetheycanhelppeopleatnight.

D.Becausetheycanreducethenumberofsuicides.

4.Mrs.Smithdidn’tcallthepolicebecause______.

A.shewasonthebus

B.shewasnotsurewhethershehadthetenpoundnoteswithher

C.shewas’tooangrytodoso

D.shedidn’tliketomaketroubleforothers

5.Choosethecorrectstatement.

A.TheRangeRoverhadfront-wheeldrive.

B.Thegroupleftforthehuntingtripat2:15P.M.

C.Afterresting,theyfixedtheirtent.

D.Therabbittrickedthefalcon.

6.Theword"real"inthelastparagraphmaymostprobablymean"______".

A.seriousB.trueC.importantD.concrete

7.39.$16,800isthecollector'svalueof______.A.theOnePennyOrange-RedB.acorrectlyprinted'1847stampC.theTwoPennyBlueD.bothAandC

8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.LawntennisbecamepopularveryrapidlyintheUnitedStates.

B.ItwasMajorWalterWingfieldwhoinventedcourttennis.

C.Thesportwascalled"lawntennis"shortlyafteritwasinvented.

D.MissOuterbridgesetupalawntenniscourtwiththehelpofherbrother.

9.ThereisunlikelyanylifeonVenusbecause______.

A.thesurfacetemperatureistoohot

B.itistoocoldthere

C.itisseverelyshortofwater

D.ithasaverythinatmosphere

10.PassageFiveTherehasbeenaboomin“karaoke”inJapan．Manypeople，nomatterwhattheirageorgender，gothereoftentoenjoysingingoutloud，toseekrelieffromdailystressorjustforfun．The“kara”ofkara-okemeans“empty”．whilethe“oke’’isaJapaneseabbreviationoftheEnglishword，“0rchestra．”ThesetwowordscomingtogethermeananorchestrawithoutasinG—er，karaokesystemsatewidespreadinmanycountriesnowadays．“karaokebars’’arewellknownbyAmericans，butactuanywehavefewkaraokebarsinJapan．Whatwecall“karaokebox”ismorepopularinJapan．

Torelishkaraokeisnotdifficultatall．Allyouhavetodoistofindsomefriendstogowithyou．Afteryouhavesettledintotheroomandgottensomethingtoeatordrink，youareal-readytosing．Youlookuponeofthesongbooksandchooseasongyouwishtosingintwodif-ferentways：eitherbythesingersnameortitleofthesong．Thenenterthecodenumbersofthesongintotheremotecontr01．Soonyourmusicwillstart．Somekaraokesetsevenhaveavoicechangesystem．Youcanchangeyourvoicefromawoman’stoaman’s，oraman’stoawoman’s．Thisisveryinteresting．Buttheimportantthinghereisyoushouldlistentootherpeoplesingingatthesanletime．Usuallypeopleliketohaveaudiences，andyouwantthemtolistentoyouwhileyouaresinging，too．Youcanfeellikearealsingerifyouhavesomeonetolistentoyou，andthat’swhatpeoplelikewhendoingkaraoke．

Sinceyouwillhaveyourownroomandtherewillbenounfamiliarpeoplewatchingyou，youwillfeelmorecomfortablesinginginakaraokeboxthansinginginfrontofmanypeople，likeinkaraokebars．YouCallspendthetimeinamorerelaxedatmosphere，whichismoreen．joyable．

Onceyouhaveexperiencedkaraoke，youmightwanttogoagainandagain，thoughsomepeoplewouldnotlikesinginginfrontofpeopleeveniftheywerefriendsorfamily．Butyoucanstillhaveajotof．funthere，evenifyoudontsing．Wemakejokesandwetalkasifwewereathome．Ipersonallylikekaraokeverymuch．IlikesingingandIhavesomuchfuneverytimeIgo．Ithilnkweareseekingawaytoexpressourselvestopeoplewhom，welike．

InJapanese，theword“Karaoke”comefrom“kara”and“oke．”Whatdothesewordsmean?

A.Singandtogether．

B.Singandhavefun．

C.Orchestraandsinger．

D.EmptyandOrchestra．

11.Accordingtothepassage，Argentinaisworld-famousBecauseofits_________．A.excellenceatmostimportantsports

B.successesinthefootballWorldCup

C.obviouspositiononthemap

D.1argenumberofsportsfansandsupporters

12.Inthesecondparagraph,theword"track"couldbestbereplacedbywhichofthefollowing?

A.Band.B.Rails.C.Path.D.Sequence.

13.Whatcouldhomeownersdotocomplywiththenewregulation?

A.Writealetter.

B.Askforpermission.

C.Usemoreelectricity.

D.Installnewlow-sootfireplaces.

14.Ifapersonfindsgettingupearlyaproblem,mostprobably______

A.heisalazyperson

B.herefusestofollowhisownenergycycle

C.heisnotsurewhenhisenergyislow

D.heisathispeakintheafternoonorevening

15.根据下列材料回答下列各题。

ForsometimepastithasbeenwidelyacceptedthatbabiesandothercreatureslearntoDothingsbecausecertainactsleadto“rewards”；andthereisnoreasontoDoubtthatthisistrue．Butitusedalsotobewidelybelievedthateffectiverewards，atleastintheearlystages，hadtobeDirectlyrelatedtosuchbasicphysiological“drives”asthirstorhunger．Inotherwords，ababywouldlearnifhegotfoodorDrinkorsomesortofphysicalcomfort，nototherwise．

Itisnowclearthatthisisnotso．Babieswilllearntobehaveinwaysthatproduceresultsintheworldwithnorewardexceptthesuccessfuloutcome．

Papousekbeganhisstudiesbyusingmilkinthenormalwayto“reward”thebabiesandsoteachthemtocartyoutsomesimplemovements，suchasturningtheheadtoonesideortheother．Thenhenoticedthataba]bywhohadhadenoughtoDrinkwouldrefusethemilkbutwouldstillgoonmakingthelearnedresponsewithclearsignsofpleasure．Sohebegantostudythechildren’sresponsesinsituationswherenomilkWasprovided．Hequicklyfoundthatchildrenasyoungasfourmonthswouldlearntoturntheirheadstorightorleftifthemovement“switchedon”aDisplayoflights-andindeedthattheywerecapableoflearningquitecomplextul"11stobringaboutthisresult．Forinstance，twoleftortworight，oreventomakeausmanyasthreeturnstooneside．

Papousek’slightDisplayWasplacedDirectlyinfrontofthebabiesandhemadetheinter-estingobservationthatsometimestheywouldnotturnbacktowatchthelightscloselyalthoughthevwould“smileandbubble”whentheDisplaycameon．Papousekconcludedthatitwasnotprimarilythesightofthelightswhichpleasedthem，itWastheSuccesstheywereachievinginsolvingtheproblem，inmasteringtheskin，andthatthereexistsafundamentalhumanurgetomakesenseoftheworldandbringitunderintentionalcontrol．（）Accordingtotheauthor,babieslearntoDothingswhich__________．A.A.areDirectlyrelatedtopleasure

B.willmeettheirphysicalneeds

C.willbringthemafeelingofSuccess

D.willsatisfytheircuriosity

16.Accordingtothepassage,thepositiveactionintheexamplecontributestoour______.

A.self-respect

B.financialrewards

C.advertisingability

D.friendlyrelationship

17.Barany'stheorywasprovedincorrect______.

A.inzerogravityB.incoldairC.inhotairD.instrongwind

18.WhyDidonescientistexposebirdstoartificialDaylight?

A.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandaDiseaseoftheglandscommontobords

B.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandmigration．

C.Totesttherelationshipbetweenmigrationandtemperature．

D.TotesttherelationshipbetweenDaylightandchangesintheseason．

19.Whatdidthemanmeanbysaying"Takeiteasyunlessyouwantleadforlunch"?A.A.Putupyourhands.

B.Don'tmoveorI'llshootyou.

C.Ifyouwanttohavelunch,youmustlistentome.

D.Yougofirstslowlyandwe'llhavelunchtogether.

20.Thebesttitleforthisselectionis______.

A.HowWeSee

B.LeaningaboutOurMindsthroughSci