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Fast and furious 11 AFat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. ―Football, tennis, cricket--- anything with a round ball, I was useless,‖ he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.…Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.41.42.43.44. What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders?A. He is a success in sports.B. He is the best British skier.C. He is R idgway’s best student. `D. He is a good instructor at school.BIt’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, ……As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, ……―Ready for your trip to space…….It’s time for you to go to work. ……45-4748. How is the text organized?A. In order of timeB. In order of frequency.C. In order of preference.D. In order of importance.DOld Computers Make for Unhappy Workers --- SurveyLONDON (Reuters) ----- Dealing with the dissatisfaction of aging and unreliable office computers leads to workers’ unhappiness and more sick leave, a survey showed on Wednesday.A survey carried out by of over 2,700 European office workers from the UK, France and Germany found that workplace dissatisfaction increased greatly with the age of the computer equipment.……Results also showed that women in the three countries were more likely to be using outdated equipment. In the UK, where more workers have up-to-date computers than in the other countries surveyed, the number of women using old equipment doubled than of men.White pointed out that there were tow sides to this problem, saying that continuously having to deal with new technology and equipment can also be a source of worry. ―Old and faulty equipment is a major cause of office dissatisfaction. There is no question about it; but you also have to say that the frequent change of equipment is also, or could be, a main cause of dissatisfaction.‖53.54.55.56. What is the subject of the news story?A. Poor working conditions in officesB. Research work of the Work FoundationC. Influence of technology in the workplace.D. Different attitudes to old computers.EYou are from a middle class family, and live in a normal size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption. This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son. You are worried that he will want to live as they do, and wonder if you should move.……..Children want ----- should be provided with---- explanations when their parents don’t give them what they want.57-5960. What is the main idea the author aims to express in the text?A. Children are unfortunate to have poor parents.B. Children should enjoy their comfortable life.C. Children need proper guidance form their parents.D. Children feel ashamed of themselves in a rich neighborhood.2 AIf you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “Hey, Butterfly Man,”his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.……For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.41-4243．From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _________.A．made Bonner famous B．changed Bonner’s lifeC．brought Bonner wealth D．enriched Bonner’s knowledge 44．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A．A Promise to Mom B．A Man Saved by ButterfliesC．A Story of Butterflies D．A Job Offered by Dr. MattoniBPeople who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasics（失语症患者）. Such patients can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers’faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truths.……Many doctors see aphasics as people who are not completely normal because they lack the ability to understand words. However, according to Dr. Sacks, they are more gifted than normal people. Normal people may get carried away by words. Aphasics seem to understand humanexpressions better, though they cannot understand words.45．What is so surprising about aphasics?A．They can fool other people. B．They can find out the hidden drugs.C．They can understand language better. D．They can tell whether people are lying. 46……47．What do we learn from this text?A．What ones says reflects how one feels.B．Aphasics have richer feelings than others.C．Normal people often tell lies in their speeches.D．People poor at one thing can be good at another.DTell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.……“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,”she says, “What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody’s story.”52．53．54．55．What is the main idea of the text?A．Storytelling can influence the way people think.B．Storytelling is vital to the growth of business.C．Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.D．Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.EI began working in journalism（新闻工作）when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something”of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.……My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.56．57．58．59．60．What is the text mainly about?A．The early life of a journalist.B．The early success of a journalist.C．The happy childhood of the writer.D．The important role of the writer in his family.3 AAdria n’s ―Amazing Race‖ started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all thedisabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.……But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.‖ ―If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results.‖ She often said.41.42.43. How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.B. He was pushed hard to study every day.C. He attended private classes after school.D. He worked very hard both in and after class44. Why is Adrian’s life described as an ―Amazing Race‖?A. He did very well in his studyB. He succeeded in entering a regular schoolC. He reached his goals in spite of his disabilityD. He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06ＣA Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.……All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning ---- all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the ―sleep late, rise late‖ pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it conics to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first hell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. ―I need a timeout.‖48. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtimeB. it is biologically difficult for students to rise earlyC. students work so late at night that they can’t get up earlyD. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early49.50.51.A. Adolescent heath care.B. Problems in adolescent learning.C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.DFor a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers(慢跑者). They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. ―Come on!‖ My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my ho use every evening. ―You’ll feel great.‖……I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week ata fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.52. From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.A. jogging became very popularB. people jogged only during the daytimeC. Alex organized an army of joggersD. jogging provided a chance to get together53.54.55.56. From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.A. not everyone enjoys joggingB. he is the only person who hates joggingC. nothing other than jogging can help people keep fitD. jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.EA simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.On one side stand those who see clothes dryers(干衣机) as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. ……On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside, …………Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, ―The clothesline is beautiful‖. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.‖5758.59.60. What is mainly discussed in the text?A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money.B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered.C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying.D. Different varieties of clotheslines.4 AI was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for!I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.……I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story.A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her –that was the night that I won her heart.41．Why was the writer in a hurry that day?A．He was to meet his girlfriend. B．He had to go back to school soon.C．He was delayed by an elderly lady. D．He had to pick up some groceries. 42．……43．……44．What is the message conveyed in the story?A．Flowers are important for a date. B．Small talk is helpful.C．Love and kindness are rewarding. D．Elderly people deserve respecting.CPlants can’t communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. Instead, plants Produce volatile compounds, chemicals that easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flower’s sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees.……With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could also be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.49. We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by____.A. making some soundsB. waving their leavesC. producing some chemicalsD. sending out electronic signals50.51.52 We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose_____.A. is unable to tell the smell of flowersB. is not yet used in greenhousesC. is designed by scientists at PurdueD. is helpful in killing harmful insectsDIn ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老)treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming .Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, ‖ Oh, that’s all right I’ll catch the next one.‖ Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.53.In Paragraph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ____.A. make a comparisonB. introduce a topicC. describe a sceneD. offer an argument54.55.56.What is the main idea of the text?A. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.EFour people in England back in 1953, stared at Photo 51,It wasn’t much—a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed –the shape of DNA The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.……No, Franklin was the solution. ―She contributed more than any other player to solving the structure of DNA . She must be considered a co-discoverer,‖ Abir-Am says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the ―Dark Lady of DNA‖, Franklin is finally coming into the light.57. What is the text mainly about?A. The disagreements among DNA researchers.B. The unfair treatment of Franklin.C. The process of discovering DNA.D. The race between two teams of scientists.58.59.60. What is the writer’s attitude toward Wilkins, Watson and Crick?A. Disapproving.B. Respectful.C. Admiring.D. Doubtful.。