1、 s twin World Trade Center towers. but before a second plane crashed into the other landmark office building. The president spoke out after the second incident, aborting another education themed event and declaring a national trag edyand vowing an all-out hunt for the authors of what he called an ap
2、parent terrorist attack. Bush saidhe had ordered that the full resources of the fed eral government go to help the victims and their families and to conduct a fullscale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks that committed this act. Terrorism against our na tion will not stand.Today weve
3、 had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist at tack on our country. I have spoken to the Vice President. to the Governor of New York, to the Director of the FBI, He said. 1. When Bush definitely learned the attack news from his chief of st
4、aff, Andrew Card? A. Soon after the first plane crashed into one of New York s twin World Trade Center towers. B. In the middle of two attacks. C. Just after another plane crashed into the other landmark office building. D. On his journey to his office. 答案:B 指导:推理题。布什得到爆炸消息是在第一次撞击后,而在第二次撞击前,即应是两次撞击的
5、中间,选B. 2. In aborting another education-themed event the word abortingis the same meaning with_. A. putting off B. delayingC. postponing D. stopping D指导:词义解释。abort基本意是“流产”,延伸义是“停止、取消”。3. Which of the following steps Bush administration will take is not true.? A. To find out the incident-maker. B. To
6、 help the victims and their families. C. To declare the attack day as a national tragedy. D. To put off the education themed event. D 指导:“steps”意为“措施”,倒数第二段和第三段中,A、B、C项都有提及。只有D项不是与A、B,C并列的救急措施。*结束 University researchers tested the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors. For the
7、 first group, the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. The movement of each group was followed by an electric system hidden under the carpet. Tie experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown room walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than t
8、he people in the white environment. Dark brown stimulated(刺激)more activity, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the appearance (外表) of a room has effect on those inside it. In a second experi ment the researchers prepared subjects with photos of faces. Three groups
9、of subjects were used; each was shown the same photos, but each group was in a different kind of room. One group was in an uglyroom that seemed to be a messy (零乱的) storeroom. Another group was in a common room an of- fice. The third group was in a beautiful living room. Results showed that the subje
10、cts in the beautiful loom ap- peared to give higher ratings (评价) to the faces than those in the ugly room did.Other studies suggest that students do better at tests taken in comfortable rooms than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms. 1. An electric system under the carpet was used to discover_. A. wha
11、t the visitors wanted to do B. the activity of different groups of visitors C. how the visitors entered the different roomsD. whether the visitors walked quickly or not 一个置于地毯下的电子系统用来发现不同来访者的活动情况。 2. According to the passage, the people who entered the white room walked more than those who were in t
12、he dark brown one. A. quickly B. slower C. quick D. slowly第一段第四句话:“实验表明那些进入深棕色(茶褐色)房间的人比在白色环境中的人走得更快些,通过的面积多些,同时花费的时间少些。”该题是用相反的形式设置的。3. . but also the appearance of a room has effect on those inside t. In the sentence those refers to_. A. subjects B. researchers C. some people D. different colors A
13、指导:those指接受实验者。4. The passage gives us_facts that different rooms give people different effects. A. one or two B. two C. three D. four C 指导:文章列举了三个不同房间给人们不同影响的事例。第一,粉刷不同颜色的房间。第二,实验材料为面部照片在不同房间受到不同的评价。第三,学生在舒适的室内考试成绩要比平常或难看的室内好。If you dont want people to know too much about you, then you had better k
14、eep your fridge contents secret, according to a British market research document released last week.Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nations people by fridge contents. They sa
15、y those people can be separated into five categories:nutrition nerds (no social sense), food faddiest (whatevers in style), martyr mums, fast food fanatics and restaurant regulars.Nutrition nerds care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and he
16、althy meat. People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority is single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.A fridge full of vitamins enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the
17、 foods they buy. Known as the food faddiest, they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the martyr mum. Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This frid
18、ge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard, also, someone who is not into long term planning. Finally, a fridge fi
19、lled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.36. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?A. Som
20、e researchers are fond of staring at other peoples fridges.B. People dont want others to know about their secrets.C. The food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality.D. There are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people.【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。第一段讲英国一个市场调查发布说如果你不想让人对你了解过多,
21、你最好保持你冰箱的秘密。第二段讲,研究者在英国看了400多个人的冰箱并比较主人的生活方式,他们称能够通过冰箱里的东西把人们分类。由此可见,冰箱里放的食物和人的性格有关。故选C。37. According to the passage, people who belong to food faddiest_. A. dont care much about money when buying things B. will try their best to stay healthy C. often stay up late to finish their job D. prefer to as
22、k others about what to do next【答案】A由“Known as the food faddiest, they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.”可知他们买东西只想让人看上去他们购买了最新的重要的东西,而不在乎钱。故选A。38. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. “Nutrition nerds” are always organized and successful in their jo
23、bs.B. “Food faddists” like to stock their fridges with all kinds of vitamins.C. “Martyr mums” care themselves more than others.D. “Fast food fanatics” usually do not stock their fridges with fresh fruit.【答案】D“Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh
24、 fruit is tomato sauce.”说明速食狂热者通常不在冰箱里储存新鲜水果。故选D。39. What will those who often dine out put in the fridge? A. All kinds of food they like. B. Only something to drink. C. Fruit, vegetables and meat. D. Food rich in vitamins.【答案】B由最后一段可知经常外出就餐的人冰箱里只放一些喝的。故选B。40. What is this passage mainly about? A. W
25、hat people store in their fridges. B. Fridge contents and its owners secret. C. What we should store in our fridges. D. How to keep our fridge contents secret.【解析】主旨大意题。第一段说明文章主要讲冰箱里的内容和主人的秘密。 阅读理解猜测词义Passage * Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learn lng to talk does not learn by b
26、eing corrected all the time: if cor rected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other peoples. In the same way, childre
27、n learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare (比较) their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes a
28、nd correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that pro
29、blem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathemat ics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time to such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he cant find the way to get the right answer. Le
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