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1、阅读理解B阅读理解B42、 Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis idea of non-violent

2、resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guara

3、ntee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech I Have a Dream before the Lincoln Memorial. The dream is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he

4、was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther Kings honor. He lives in peoples hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：TB：F答案：A (

5、2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph could be replaced by gave.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law.A

6、：TB：F答案：B 43、 A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked

7、by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have com

8、e in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Mr. James built the house. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Mr.

9、 James found sixty empty bottles. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James story. A：TB：F答案：B 44、 Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, pa

10、rents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenev

11、er necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The t

12、ypical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other peoples children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (1)、The passage discusses influence of s

13、cience and industry on American families. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. A：TB：F答案：A (3)、People no longer want to have children. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：TB：F答案：B

14、(5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：TB：F答案：A 45、 My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things.Everything worked well, but I found one of my husbands socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I coul

15、dnt find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They la

16、ughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.Finally, the teach

17、er who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! Good heavens, I said. Will someone please tell me what is so funny? Oh, God, said the teacher. You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt! So thats how I found my husbands

18、 missing sock. Oh, well, I said to the class. Lets just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的) electricity.(1)、The writer was a teacher.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、She couldnt find one of he

19、r husbands socks, because her husband had taken it away.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the writers skirt.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The students told her about the laughing.A：TB：F答案：B 46、 Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The

20、 bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. He wa

21、lked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Toms workmates came in and sat with Tom. What time is your bus? asked Mike. Theres plenty of time yet answered Tom. Well,

22、 Ill get you some more tea then said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. Oh! Its going backward he cried. A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now its half past eleven. Youre looking at the clock in the mirror. said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was n

23、ot to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.(1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、Tom and Mike talked while drinking.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, its actually half past twelve.A：TB：F答案：A (4

24、)、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find its going backward.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Tom arrived in Paris on time.A：TB：F答案：B 47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt

25、Edith didnt accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edit

26、h couldnt possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. Th

27、ere wasnt a word of self-pityonly warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didnt wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to H

28、ouston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey (1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart disease.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、In Aunt Ediths

29、 letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didnt expect the doctor would give her a reply. A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldnt cure

30、 her.A：TB：F答案：B 48、People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they

31、like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you. Once I was traveling on a train to London. I wa