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(2)（20159月統(tǒng)考）短文的中文意思，然后記下選項(xiàng)答案。最后附錄為搭橋聯(lián)想法，適合10分鐘內(nèi)強(qiáng)化。Passage1(及人的由來TheUnitedStatescoversalargepartoftheNorthAmericancontinent.ItsneighborsareCanadatothenorthandMexicotothesouth.AlthoughtheUnitedStatesisabigcountry,itisnotthelargestintheworld.In2000,itspopulationwasover222million.Whenthislandfirstbecameanation,afterwinningitsindependencefromEngland,ithadthirteenstates.EachofthestateswasrepresentedontheAmericanflagbyastar.Allthesewereintheeasternpartofthecontinent.Asthenationgrewtowardthewest,newstateswereaddedandnewstarsappearedontheflag.Foralongtime,therewere48stars.In1959,however,twomorestarswereaddedtotheflag,representingthenewstatesofAlaskaandHawaii.nswerethefirstpeopleofthelandwhichisnowtheUnitedStates.Therearestillmanythousandsofnsnowlivinginallpartsofthecountry.Sometimesitissaidthatthensare“theonlyrealAmericans”.MostAmericanscomefromallovertheworld.ThosewhocamefirstingreatestnumberstomaketheirhomesontheeasternofNorthAmericaweremostlyfromEngland.ItisforthereasonthatthelanguageoftheUnitedStatesisEnglishandthatitscultureandcustomsaremorelikethoseofEnglandthanthoseofanyothercountryintheworld.占去大陸很大一部分土地。它北鄰，南接墨西哥。雖然是一個(gè)大國，但出現(xiàn)在國旗上。很長一段時(shí)間，有48個(gè)州，可是到1959年，國旗上有多了2顆星，分別代印第安人是如今叫做的這塊土地上的最初的居民。現(xiàn)在在各國各地仍然居住著許多這些原始居民的后裔。有時(shí)人們說印第安人才是“真正的人。不過，一零七八二五二四大部分人是來自世界各地。那些最早大批來到東海岸建立家園的部分來自英格蘭，也是Whichofthefollowingis AmericanisthelargestcountryintheTheUnitedStatesliesnexttoCanadaandMexico.鄰近和墨西哥AmericacoversmostpartoftheNorthAmericanMexicoistothenorthof，Afterwinningitsindependence,theUnitedStates .在贏得了獨(dú)立之后和英格，hadnothingtodowith B. partofitsC.mianlydeveloped D.tookoverpartsofCanadaandTheUnitedStatesdidn’t states .在1959年前沒有50個(gè)州 B. C.fifty,thislandfirstbecamea WhyisEnglishthelanguageof BecauseEnglishisthenativelanguageof ns.BecausemostAmericanscomefromallovertheBecauseCanadaisAmerica’snearestBecausemostofthepeoplewhofirstsettledinAmericawerefromThebesttitleforthepassageis 這篇文章最好的標(biāo)題是theStatesof B.ThelanguageofC.TheUnitedStatesof D.TheCultureandCustomsofPassage2（科學(xué)家Whatmakesa ascientist?Doeshehavewaysortoolsoflearningthataredifferentfromthoseofothers?Theansweris“no”.Itisnotthetoolsascientistusesbuthowheusesthesetoolsthatmakehimascientist.Youwillprobablyagreethatknowinghowtouseapowerisimportanttoacarpenter.Youwillprobablyagree,too,thatknowinghowtoinvestigate,howtodiscoverinformation,isimportanttoeveryone.Thescientist,however,goesonestepfurther,hemustbesurethathehasareasonableanswertohisquestionsandthathisanswercanbeconfirmedbyother s.Healsoworkstofittheanswerhegetstomanyquestionsintoalargesetofideasabouthowtheworldworks.匠來說很重要。你也許也認(rèn)同怎么研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)信息對(duì)每個(gè)人來說都很重要。然而，科學(xué)家比這Thescientist’sknowledgemustbeexact.Thereisnoroomforhalfrightorrightjusthalfthetime.Hemustbeasnearlyrightastheconditionspermit.Whatworksunderonesetofconditionsatonetimemustworkunderthesameconditionsatothertimes.Iftheconditionsaredifferent,anychangesthescientistobservesinademonstrationmustbeexinedbythechangesintheconditions.Thisisonereasonthatinvestigationsareimportantinscience.AlbertEinstein,whodevelopedthetheoryofrelativity,arrivedatthistheorythroughmathematics.Theaccuracyofthismathematicswaslatertestedthroughinvestigations,Einstein’sideaswereshowntobecorrect.Ascientistusesmanytoolsformeasurements.Thenthemeasurementsareusedtomakemathematicalcalculationsthatmaytesthisinvestigations.件不同，科學(xué)家在證明過程中觀察到的任何變化都必須解釋他的條件是如何變化的一零七八二五二四。這是關(guān)于研究在科學(xué)研究中十分重要的其中一個(gè)理由。通過數(shù)學(xué)方法提出了相對(duì)論。他的數(shù)用的正確性被后人通過研究的方法證實(shí)該理論是正確的。一個(gè)科學(xué)家會(huì)用很多工具來測(cè)量。測(cè)量的結(jié)果用來進(jìn)行數(shù)學(xué)計(jì)算，再研究的測(cè)試。Whatmakesascientistaccordingtothepassage?Thetoolshe BThewayheuseshistools.C.Hiswayof D.Thevarioustoolshe“Thescientist,however,goesonestepfurther…”.Theauthorsaysthistoshow theimportanceoftheimportanceofthedifferencebetweenscientistsandordinarypeoplethedifferencebetweencarpentersandpeoplewithotherAsoundscientifictheoryshouldbeonethat worksnotonlyunderonesetofconditionsatonetime,butalsounderthesameconditionsatothertimes不僅只在一種條件下一次可行，在同樣的條件下一直可行。doesnotallowanychangesevenunderdifferentcanbeusedformanyleavenoroomforTheauthorquotesthecaseofAlbertEinsteintoillustrate thatmeasurementsarestosuccessinthataccuracyofthattheinvestigationsareimportantinscience研究在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域十分重要thatthemathematicalcalculationsmaytesthisWhatisthemainideaofthepassage?ThetheoryofExactnessisthecoreofScientistsaredifferentfromordinaryExactnessandwaysofusingtoolsarethestothemakingofaPassage3（書商Onedayabookseller書商letabigboxofbooksfallonhisfoot.“Gotoseethedoctorsaidhiswife.“No”,hesaid,“I’llwaituntilthedoctorcomesintotheshopnexttime.ThenI’llaskhimaboutmyfoot.IfyouIgotoseehim,I’llhavetopayhim.”O(jiān)nthenextdaythedoctorcameintotheshopforsomebooks.Whenthebooksellerwasgettinghimready,hetoldthedoctorabouthisbagdfoot.Thedoctorlookatit.“Youmustputthatfootinhotwatereverynight.Thenyoumustputsomthingonit,”saidthedeoctor.Hetookoutapieceofpaperandwroteonit.“Buythisandputitonthefootbeforeyougotobedeverynight”hesaid.“Thankyou,”saidthebookseller.“Andnow,sir,hereareyourbooks.”“Howmuch？”saidthedoctor.“Good,”saidthedoctor.“Ishallnothavetopayyounothing.”“Why？”askedthebookseller.“Itoldyouaboutyourfoot.Iwanttwopoundsforthat.Ifpeoplecometomyhouse,Iaskthemtopaypoundforasmallthinglikethat.ButwhenIgototheirhouses,Iwanttwopounds.Andicamehere,didn’tI？”醫(yī)生問“？”“2Whathappenedtothebooksellerone ?Helostaboxof B.Hisfootwaswoundedbyaboxof Helentthedoctoraboxof D.HesoldoutallhisThe wifeasked togooutfosome B.TosendsomebodyforaC.togotoseethedoctor去看醫(yī) D.TowaitforthedoctortoThebooksellerdidn’ttakehiswife’sadvice Hewasafraidofthe B.Hedidn’ttaketotakeHecouldn’twalkby D.Hedidn’twanttopaythe Thedoctor forthe one B.two C.Nothing沒 D.Thebookseller moenyforseeingthedoctorintheA.moreB. C.Thesameamount Passage4（市TodayNewtonisaverycleance.Manyyearsago,however,thereweremillionsofratsinit.Theyattackedthecatsanddogs.Sometimesagreatnumberofthemknockeddownamanorwomanwalkinghomeatnight.Theratswereverylargeinsizeandtheyharmedmanypeople.Theyermentorderedeverybodytokillrats.Mostpeoplewerelazy,sotheydidn’tkillmany.Theermentpromisedtopaysomemoneyforeachdeadrat.Themadethepeopleveryhappy.Theykilledthousandsofratseveryday. ermentofficerputallthedeadratsinabigpile.SometimesabroughthundredsinoneAftertwoweekstherewerenotmanyratsinthecity,butpeoplestillbroughtmanyratstotheermentoffice.Theermentofficerthoughtthatpeoplewerestealingdadratsfromthepile.Heorderedhismeantodigadeepholeandputtheratsinit.Soontherewerenomroerats,andtheermentdidn’tpayanymoremomey.如 市是一個(gè)非常干凈的地方。然而，很多年前，那里有上百萬只老鼠。它們貓狗。走每個(gè)人都要滅鼠。大多數(shù)人很懶，所以滅掉的不多。許諾會(huì)為每只死老鼠付賞金，這兩周后，城里就沒有很多老鼠了。但人們?nèi)匀粚⒋罅克览鲜髱У焦ぷ魅藛T那里。他認(rèn)為有人在Newtonisace ,市是一 usedtobevery B.Isnolongera Cisveryclean很干 D.Willbeverywhen ermentfirstorderedthepeopletokillrats,the 當(dāng)初次市民滅鼠，人 Askedforsomemoneyforeachdead B.StoledeadratsfromtheWeretoolazytokillmanyrats太懶所以沒有大量滅 D.KillednearlyalltheratsThepeoplekilled Togetmoneyfromthe Tohelptheermentmakethecity ermentofficerToprotect(保護(hù))theircatsandAdeepholewasdugso theratscouldn’tcomeouttoattackpeopleatpeoplecouldtakeratsfromitpeoplewouldkillmorenobodycouldtakeanyratsfromthepileWhatisthebesttopicforthis ?HowtoKill B.Newton---ACityofHowNewtonBecameaVeryCleance市如何成為一個(gè)干凈的地HowNewtonBecameaFamousPassage5（Mr.Frosterlivedbyhimselfalongwayformtown.Hehardlyeverlefthishome,butonedayhewentiintotowntobuysomethingsinthemarket.Afterhehadboughtthem,hewentintoarestaurantanssatdownatatablebyhimself.Whenhelookedaround,hesawseveraloldpeopleputglassesonbeforereadingtheirmannewspapers,soafterlunchhedecidedtogotoashoptobuyhimselfsomeglassestoo.Hewalkedalongtheroad,andsoonfoundashop.Themanintheshopmadehimtryonalotofglasses,butTomalwayssaid,“No,ican’treadwithThemanbecamemoreandmorepuzzled迷惑不解)，untilfianllyhesaid,“Excusemebutcanyoureadatall？”“No,ofcourseican’t”Tomsaidangrily.“IfIwasalreadyabletoread,doyouthinkiwouldhavecomeheretobuyglasses？”..店員讓他試戴了好幾副眼鏡，單總是說不，我戴這副眼鏡無法閱讀”“ er Withhisfamilyina B.WithhisfamilyintheAloneina D.Aloneinthe wentinto 進(jìn)城。 C.Almostnever幾乎從 D.Theoldpeopleintherestaurantreadtheir withglasseson戴著眼 B.withglassesC.Withglassesofbeerinfrontof D.withglassespipesintheirTheshopTomwentinto drinkingglassesand B.glassforwindowssandglassesforpeoplewhocouldnotGlassesforpeoplewhocouldnotseewellwhatkindofmistakedidTommake？犯了什么錯(cuò)誤Hewenttothewrongkindof B.Hedidn’ttryonalltheglassesintheHethoughtthat whohadnotlearnedtoreadwouldbeabletodosoifheworeHelefthismoneyinthePassage6（英國畫家OnceJamesThornhill,afamousEnglishpainter,wasaskedtopaintsomepicturesonthewallsoftheking’spalaceinEngland.Thenworkersweresentforandabigtform(臺(tái)子)wasWiththehelpofaworker,Thornhillstartedpaintingonthestform.Theyworkedforawholeyearaandatlastthepictureswereready.Thornhillwashappywhenhelookedatthepictures,fortheywerereallybeautifu.Helookedatthemforalongtime,andthentookonestepbackandlookedagain.Nowthepictureswereevenmorebeautiful.Hetookanotherstep,thenanother.Finallyhewasattheveryedgeofthetform,buthedidn’tknowitbecausehewasthinkingofhispicture.Theworkersaweverything.“whatshouldido？”hethought.“ThornhillwasattheveryedgeofthetformIfIcryouthewilltakeanotherstep,falloffinandsurelybekilled.Sotheworkerquicklytooksomepaint(漆)andthrewiinatthepictures.“whatareyoung？”criedthepainter,runningquicklyforwardtohis覺更美了。他又退一步，然后再退一步，最后已經(jīng)很靠近平臺(tái)邊緣了，但是并不知道，因?yàn)樗还そ晨吹搅艘磺小拔以撛趺醋瞿兀俊彼氲健吧Ｒ呀?jīng)在平臺(tái)的邊緣了，如果大聲喊叫，JamesThornhillwasanEnglish ..桑是一名英國 C.King Hewasordered paintthewallofking’spalaceinEngland.paintsomepicturesonthewallofthebuildabigtforminfrontoftheputupsomenewpicturesontheoldIttook tofinishthe A．a(chǎn) B.a C.tewelvemonths十二個(gè) D.HalfaJamesThornhillfeltthatthe hewasfromthepictures,the theywere. ，那些畫就 nearer...more B.father...moreC.father...morebeautiful越遠(yuǎn)...越美 D.Higherabove...moregood-Theworkerthrewsomepaintatthepicturesinorder saveJame’slife挽救的生 B.destorytheC.makethepicturemore D.makethekingPassage7（好商人MorganReeshasalwaysbeenagoodbusinessman.Heusedtoownthreepetrolstationsandwasbusymostofthetime.Whenhewas65,thenormalretirementage,hedecidedthatthedidn’twanttostop,sohecarriedonworkingforanothertwoyears.Eventually,whenhewasnearly68,hiswiefe,Dolly,askedhimtoretirebecauseshewantedtoenjoytheiroldagetogether.Reluctantaly,hehandedoverthebusinesstohisson.Buthewasunhappy.Hedidn’tknowwhattodowithhimself.Althoughhereadalotofbooksandhewentonholidaytointerestingceswithhiswife,hewasboredandbefgantogetdeperessedbecausehehatedbeingretired.Thenonedayhesawanadvertisementinthenewspaperand,withoutlinghiswife,heboughtasmallcrockery陶器factoryThenextweekhetoldhisfamilyTheywerehorrifiedandworried.Theythoughthewastoooldat71tostartworkagain.Heisnow76andhehasexpandedthe considerably.Hehasincreasedthenumberofstafffrom6to24andhehasfoundmanynewcustomersfortheproducts.Hehasdevelopedtheexportmarketandhasimprovedprofitsby200%.Hehasopenedanewdesignofficeandenpolyedthreeyoungdesigners.Theyhavebeenallovertheworldtogernewideas,andoneofthemhasgonetoFrancethisweektoamajortradefair.Mostimportantly,hehasn’tbeenboredsincehebroughtthefactory.也就是正常退休的時(shí)，他決定不想停止工作，所以他又接著干了兩年。結(jié)果在他快68歲的時(shí)子一起去一些好玩的地方去度假，但是他感到很無聊，并且由于討厭退休而開始變得壓抑沮喪。在這之后的一天，他在報(bào)紙上看到了一則，也沒有的妻子，他就買下了一家小陶器廠。一周后他才告訴家里人。他們?yōu)榇藙偟襟@訝，一零七八二五二四而且有些擔(dān)心。大家71歲高齡再重新開始工作了。76624200%加一次重大的商鋪會(huì)。最為重要的是，自從他收購了這家工廠后，他便不再感到?jīng)]事可做。ThetopicsentenceofPara.1 MorganReeshasalwaysbeenagood HeusedtoownthreepetrolstationsasnwasbusymostoftheWhenMorgenReeswas65,hegotReluctantly,hehandedoverthebusinesstohisThetopicsentenceofPara.2 hedidn’twhattodowith B.hewentonholidaytointerestingceswithhisC.hewasunhappyafterhegotretired退休后他并不高 D.NoneofWhichofthefollowingstatementscanbestexpressthemainideaofPara.3？以下哪一項(xiàng)陳述能最OnedayhesawanadvertisementintheHeboughtasmallcrockeryfactoryinseceretandstartedworkagain.他偷偷買下一家小陶器廠，HetoldhisfamilyheboughtasmallHisfamilywashorriedandworriedwhentheylearnedheboughtthesmallWhatisthecentralideaofthelast MorganReeshasworkeduntilheisMorganReeshasdevelopedtheexportmarketandimprovedtheprofitsbyMorganReeshasn’tbeenboredsinceheboughttheSincehestartedworkingagain,MorganReeshasexpanded considerably,which.enrichedhisretirelife. .

Thepassagemainlydeals whyMorganReesboughtasmallcrockeryhowMorganReeslivedhisretiredlikemorehappybyturningtowork..howMorganReesbecameagoodhowMorganReesexpanded Passage8（24號(hào)居民Theresidentsof24AcaciaGroveweredissatisfiedwiththeconditionoftheproperty,soJohnPrestoncalledameetingtodiscussthingslastweek.AtthemeetingJohnsuggestedsettinguparesidents’committee.Everyonewassoworriedandangryabouttheagent’sinactivitythattheyagreed,andtheyelectedJohnaschairmanofthecommittee.Manyresidentssaidthattheyweretiredof ephoningtheagentandtiredofcominingabouttheflats.Althoughtheagentwasresponsiblefortheflats,theythoughtthathedidn’tdoenough.ThereforeJohnwasaskedtowritetotheagentandsaythattheyweredisappointedwiththemanagementoftheflats.Thenextservicepaymentwasdueattheendofthemonth.However,theyagreednottopayituntiltheywerehappywiththenstoimprovetheproperty.Theydecidedto ltheagentthathemuststarttheworkwithinonemonth.Theyallwentawayverypleasedwiththemselves.西亞街24號(hào)的居民對(duì)公寓情況不滿意,因此上周.普雷斯頓召開會(huì)議進(jìn)行討論。在會(huì)上建議成立居民，對(duì)房東的無所作為，大家既擔(dān)心又氣憤，所以，他們都同意成立。他們約為。許多居民說，他們?cè)鲪涸诮o房東打 抱怨公寓的狀況。盡管房東有責(zé)任管理公寓。但是他們認(rèn)為房東做得不夠。因此居民要求下期應(yīng)該在月底，但是他們一致決定直到房東制定出令人滿意的改善計(jì)劃，他們才付服務(wù)費(fèi)。他們決定告訴房東必須在一個(gè)月內(nèi)開始工作。然后他們都十分滿意的離開了。.WhydidJohnPrestoncallameetinglast .

Becausetheresidentsweredissatisfiedwiththepresents’Becausetheresidentsweredissatisfiedwiththebadmanagementoftheflats. Becausesomeresidentsrequestedtochangethepresentresidents’E.Becausehewanted echairmanoftheWhoelectedJohnaschairmanofthe 誰推選為The B.theresidents居民 C.the D.AcaciaWhatdoestheword“inactivitymeaninthethridsentenceinPara.1“inactivity”一詞是什么意思？A. B C. D.Laceof Whatdoestheword“duemeaninthefirstsentenceinPara.2duetobepaid到期支 B. C. D.Whendidtheyagreetopaythenextservicepayment ?他們一直同意什么時(shí)候付下一期的服務(wù)attheendofthe B.WithinoneWhentheywerehappywiththenstoimprovetheproperty.直到房東制定出令人滿意的TheagentwouldlPassage9（集郵WhenIwasalittlegirl,mybrothersandicollectedstampsformanyyears.Mymotherdidn’tusetoworkduringtheweek,butsheworkedinthepostofficenearourhouseonSaturdaysandsheusedtobringhomeallthenewstampsassoonastheywereissued().OnthedayofWorldCupfootballfinalinLondonin1996,wewereveryexcitedbecauseEnglandwereyingWestGermanyinthefinal.Whenwewerehavinglunch,mymothertoldustogotothepostofficestraightwayafterthematchifEnglandwon, butshedidn’t luswhy.At2O’clockmymotherwentbacktoworkasusual,whiletherestofthefamilywerewatchingthefootballonTVathome.Althoughshewasn’twatchingthematch,shewaslisteningtoitontheEnglandwon4：2andsomybrothersandIrantothepostoffice.Asweburstin,mymotherwasstandingbehindthecounter.ShewaswaitingtosellusaveryspeciallimitededitionwithENGLANDWINNDERSoneahstamp.Wewereoverthemoon.Westillhaveittoday,andperhapsitisworthalotof當(dāng)我還是個(gè)小，我的哥哥們和我收集郵票多年。我母親通常周一至周五不工作，但周六1966年倫敦決賽那一天，我們都非常興奮，因?yàn)樵跊Q賽中英格蘭隊(duì)對(duì)陣西德隊(duì)。Thispassage l TheautherandherbrotherusedtolikestampsveryTheautherhadaverykindTheautherandherbrotherhadanunforgetableexperienceincollectingtheirmotherusedtosupportthembyworkinginthepostAccordintothepassage,hermotherworkedinthepostoffice Duringthe B.onSaturdays在周 C.On D.ForsixTheirmothertoldthemtogotothepostofficestraightawayafterthematchifEnglandwon,butshe lthemwhy. Whydoyouthinkshedidthat 隊(duì)獲勝了就直接去郵局但是她沒們?yōu)槭裁础Ｄ阏J(rèn)為母親為什么那樣做？Shewantedtogivethemasurprise.ShedoubtedifshewouldgettheSheforgottodo D.ShethoughtisunneccessarytolthemtheWhatdoesthesentence“Wewereoverthemoon”mean 本文中的“Wewereoverthemoon”wejumped BWewereextremlyhappyaboutit.C．Wewatchedthemoonofalong D.Wecouldn’tsleepthewholeWhatisthebesttitleforthis ?My B.My C.ApreciousD.AmemorableExperienceinCollecting KEY：Passage10（和WhenJohnandVictoriaFallsarrivedinNewYorkCityforone-yearstay,theydidnotbringverymanythingswiththem.TheyhadnnedeithertoliveinafurnishedapartmentortobuyusedButtheysoonlearnedaboutanewsystemthatmoreandmorepeopleareusing.Therentingofhomefurnishings(bed,tables,dishes,andsoon)has eoneofAmerica’sfastestgrowingbusinesses.Whatkindsofpeoplerenttheirhomefurnishingsinsteadofbuyingthem?Peoplewhoareinternationalbusinessorernmentofficials,foreignstudents,airlineworkers,youngmarriedcouple–peoplewhosejoborbusinessmaythemtomovefrequentlyfromonecitytoanother.Theysavealotoftroubleandthecostofmovingtheirfurnitureeachtime.Theysimplyrentnewfurniturewhentheyreachtheirnewhomes.Youngpeoplewithlittlemoneydonotwanttobuycheapfurniturethattheymaysoondislike.Theyprefertowaituntiltheyhaveenoughmoneytobuyfurniturethattheyreallylike.Meanwhile,theyfindtheycanrentbetterqualityfurniturethantheycouldaffordtobuy.司工作人員，剛結(jié)婚的年輕夫婦Onefamily,whonowhavealarge,beautifulhomeoftheirown,likedtheirrentedfurnituresomuchthattheydecidedtokeeprentingitinsteadofbuyingnewthings.Butusuallypeopledon’tliketolothersaboutit.Theideaofrentinghomefurnishingsisstillquitenew,andtheyarenotsurewhattheirneighborsmightthink.(248words)Whichofthefollowing eoneofAmerica’sfastestgrowingbusinesses? Sellinghome B.RentingfurnishedCSellingused D.Rentinghomefurnishings.Whydosomepeopleprefertorentfurniture? BecausethefurnituretheygetinthiswayisBecauseitsavesthemalotofBecauseitsavesthemmuchtroubleandmoney.BecausetheycanalwaysgetbetterqualityfurnitureinthisWhatcanyouinferfromthepassage? TheideaofrentingfurnitureisnotRentingfurnitureisnotpopularinthecouple’shomeOnlythosewhodon’thaveenoughmoneytorentPeopleusuallygrowtolikethefurnituretheyhaveWhichofthefollowingcanbestserveasthetitleofthepassage? Rentor BANewWayofGettingHome C.Furnished D.ANewYoungpeoplelikedrentinghomefurnitureinthat TheyhavelessTheydon’twanttobuyoldThenewfurnitureisofgoodTheydon’thavemuchmoneyanddon’twanttobuythecheapPassage11（文化特點(diǎn)AcharacteristicofAmericanculturethat ealmostatraditionistorespecttheself-made—themanwhohasrisentothetopthroughhisownefforts,usuallybeginningbyworkingwithhishands.Whiletheleaderinbusinessorindustryorthecollegeprofessoroccupiesahighersocialpositionandcommandsgreaterrespectinthecommunitythanthecommonlaboreroreventheskilledfactoryworker,hemaytakepainstopointoutthathisfatherstartedlifeinAmericaasafarmerorlaborerofsomesort.文化的一個(gè)特點(diǎn)，并且?guī)缀醭蔀榈囊豁?xiàng)傳統(tǒng)的是對(duì)自我奮斗的人的尊敬――通過自己的努力到達(dá)頂峰，通常是白手起家。然而公司，企業(yè)的，社會(huì)地位很高，在社區(qū)中獲得比一般工人或工廠技術(shù)人員的尊敬的大學(xué)教授，都不愿說出自己的父親在是從一個(gè)農(nóng)民，工人這Thisattitudetowardmanual（體力的）laborisnowstillseenmanyaspectsofAmericanlife.Oneisinvitedtodinneratahomethatisnotonlycomfortablybutevenluxuriously（豪華地）furnishedandinwhichthereiseveryevidenceofthefactthefamilyhasbeenabletoaffordforeigntravel,expensivehobbies,andcollegeeducationforthechildren;yetthehostessprobablywillcookthedinnerherself,willserveitherselfandwillwashdishesafterward,furthermorethedinnerwillnotconsistmerelyofsomethingquicklyandeasilyassembledfromcontentsofvariouscansandacakeorapieboughtatthenearbybakery.Onthecontrary,thehostessusuallytakesprideincarefulpreparationofspecialdishes.Aprofessionalmaytalkaboutwashingthecar,digginginhisflowerbeds,paintingthehouse.Hiswifemayevenhelpwiththesethings,justasheoftenhelpsherwiththedishwashing.Thesonwhoisawayatcollegemaywaitontableandwashdishesforhisliving,orduringthesummerhemayworkwithaconstructiongangonahighwayinordertopayforhiseducation.這種對(duì)體力勞動(dòng)的尊敬在生活的很多地方都能看到。一個(gè)人被邀請(qǐng)到一戶家庭赴宴，這戶家庭裝潢不只舒適，可以說是豪華，處處可證明這家人支付的起國外旅行，奢侈的和孩子的大廳侍應(yīng)生，洗盤子來供自己生活花費(fèi)，或者暑時(shí)候?yàn)榻ㄖ?duì)在高速公路工作賺錢付學(xué)費(fèi)。Fromparagraph1,weknowthatinAmerica peopletendtohaveahighopinionoftheself-mademanpeoplecanalwaysrisetothetopthroughtheirowncollegeprofessorswingreatrespectfromcommonpeoplefeelpainfultomentiontheirfathersasAccordingtothepassage,thehostesscooksdinnerherselfmainlybecause servantsinAmericanarehardtoshetakesprideinwhatshecandoherselfshecanhardlyafford D.ItiseasytoprepareamealwithcannedTheexpression“waitontable”inthesecondparagraphmeans workinafurniture B.keepaccountsforaCwaittolaythe D.servecustomersinarestaurantTheauthor’sattitudetowardsmanual（體力的）laboris A.positive積極的B. C. D.WhichofthefollowingmayserveasthebesttitleoftheARespectableSelf-madeAmericanAttitudetowardManualLabor.人對(duì)體力勞動(dòng)者的態(tài)CharacteristicsofAmerican D.TheDevelopmentofManualPassage12（如何發(fā)明單詞/文字Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreeduponcertainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbecombinedtopresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbewrittendown.Thosesounds,whetherspokenorwritteninletters,wecallwords.人們最初是如何發(fā)明單詞的不得而知，換句話說，語言的是個(gè)。所有我們所知道的只聲音叫做單詞，不管他們是口語還是語。Thepowerofwords,then,liesintheirassociations-thethingtheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsefilledwithmeaningforusbyexperience;andthelongerwelive,themorecertainwordsrecallusthegladandsadeventsofourpast;andthemorewereadandlearn,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingincreases.Greatwritersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichappealpowerfullytoourmindsandemotions.Thischarmingandlinguseofwordsiswhatwecalllirystyle.Aboveall,therealpoetisamasterofwords.Hecanconveyhismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusicandwhichbytheirpositionandassociationcanmovementotears.Weshouldthereforelearntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemaccuray,ortheywillmakeourspeechsillyandvulgar.偉大的作家是那些不僅具有偉大思想而且能用詞匯來表達(dá)這些思想的人，他們的思想強(qiáng)烈Theoriginoflanguageis A.alegendhandeddownfromthe B.amatterthatishiddenorCaquestiondifficultto D.aproblemnotyetsolvedWhatistrueabout Theyareusedtoexpressfeelings B.TheycannotbewrittenC.Theyaresimplysounds.他們是簡單D.TheyareTherealpowerofwordsliesintheir B.C D.representative Byassociationtheauthormeans A.aspecial BajoiningofideasinthemindC.anappearancewhichis D.astrangeWhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttherealpoetisNOTHeisnomorethanamasterof HecanconveyhisideasinwordswhichsinglikeHecanmovemento D.HisstyleisalwaysPassage13（不快樂原因Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeopleareanxiousandself-conscious;thatis,theyareexcessivelyconcernedwiththeirownappearanceandactions.Worrisomethoughtsareconstantlyoccurringintheirminds:whatkindofimpressionamImaking?Dotheylikeme?DoIsoundstupid?AmIwearingunattractiveclothes?是許多人不快樂的原因。的人焦慮不安，自我意識(shí)強(qiáng)，也就是說，他們過分在意自己Itisobviousthatsuch fortablefeelingsmustnegativelyaffectpeople.A ’sconceptionofhimselforherselfisreflectedinthewayheorshebehaves,andthewaya behavesaffectsotherpeople’sreactions.Ingeneral,thewaypeoplethinkaboutthemselveshasaprofoundeffectonallareasoftheirlives.Shypeople,havinglowself-esteem,arelikelytobepassiveandeasilyinfluencedbyothers.Theyneedreassurancethattheyareng“therightthing.”Shypeopleareverysensitivetocriticism;theyfeelitconfirmstheirfeelingsofinferiority.Theyalsofinditdifficulttobepleasedbycomplimentwithastatementlikethisone,“You’rejustsayingthattomakemefeelgood.Iknowit’snottrue.”Itisclearthatwhileself-awarenessisahealthyquality,overngitisharmful.的人非常自卑，他們可能很，容易受他人的影響。一零七八二五二四他們需Canshynessbecompleyeliminated,oratleastreduced?Fortunay,peoplecan eshynesswithdeterminedandpatienteffortsinbuildingself-confidence.Sinceshynessgoeshandinhandwithalackofself-esteems,itisimportantforpeopletoaccepttheirweaknessaswellastheirstrengths.怯。既然與自卑天生相伴，那么人們能看見他們的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)是很重要的。Eachoneofusisaunique,worthwhileindividual,interestedinourownalways.Thebetterweunderstandourselves,theeasierit estoliveuptoourfullpotential.Let’snotallowshynesstoblockourchancesforarichandfulfillinglife.每一個(gè)人都是獨(dú)一無二的，都有其價(jià)值所在。我們對(duì)我們自己個(gè)人的方式感。我們了解自Whatdoestheauthortrytoprovebyciting“whatkindofimpressionamIShypeoplebenefitfromtheircaringabouttheirPeople’sshynessmadethemcaretoomuchabouttheirappearanceandIt’snaturalthatshypeopledon’tbelieveother’sShypeoplethinktheyaredifferentfromAccordingtothewriter,self-awarenessis agood 好 B.thecauseofC.harmfulto D.aweakpointofshyWhenbeingpraised,shypeoplefeelthatitis .當(dāng)被贊揚(yáng)的時(shí)候，的人感到這 A. B.unreal不真實(shí)的C.very D.WhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtotheShynesshelpsustodevelopourShynessenablesustounderstandourselvesShynesscanblockourchancesforarichlife.能夠阻礙我們實(shí)現(xiàn)富裕人生的機(jī)會(huì)Shynesshasnothingtodowithlackofself-Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatshypeople .從文章中可以推斷出的 shouldfindmoreoftheirshouldunderstandthemselvesintherightwayhadbetterignoretheircangetridoftheirshynesswhilemaintaininglowself-Passage14（ IntheUnitedStates,itisnotcustomaryto ephonesomeoneveryearlyinthemorning.Ifyouephonehimearlyintheday,whileheisshavingorhavingbreakfast,thetimeofthecallshowsthatthematterisveryimportantandrequiresimmediateattention.Thesamemeaningisattachedtoephonecallsmadeafter11:00p.m.Ifsomeonereceivesacallduringsleehours,heassumesit’samatteroflifeordeath.Thetimechosenforthecallcommunicatesitsimportance.Insociallife,timeysaveryimportantpart.IntheU.S.A.gueststendtofeeltheyarenothighlyregardediftheinvitationtoadinnerpartyisextendedonlythreeorfourdaysbeforethepartydate.Butitisnottrueinallcountries.Inotherareasoft