单选题According to the passage, which of the following is true of the ratios of oxygen isotopes in ocean sediments?A They indicate that sediments found during an ice age contain more calcium carbonate than sediments formed at other times.B They are less reli
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They indicate that sediments found during an ice age contain more calcium carbonate than sediments formed at other times.
They are less reliable than the evidence from rocks on land in determining the volume of land ice.
They can be used to deduce the relative volume of land ice that was present when the sediment was laid down.
They are more unpredictable during an ice age than in other climatic conditions.
They can be used to determine atmospheric conditions at various times in the past.
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第1题：
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?__________A.Skyscrapers provide more usable space than other buildings
B.The skyscrapers first appeared in the late 1960s
C.Where there are skyscrapers, television reception is poor
D.The two World Trade Center towers are skyscrapers答案：B解析：是非判断题。B项的内容与文章不符，本文虽未直接提到摩天大楼是什么时候出现的，但间接否认摩天大楼是在20世纪90年代末期首先出现的：“…and new steel-and—glass skyscrapers were widelycriticized．”这一个“新”字是说这种钢材玻璃型摩天大楼是在20世纪60年代末期出现了，而不是说摩天大楼是在这一时期出现的。 -
第2题：
Which of the following is true according to the passage？( )A.The visit lasted only five months.
B.The visit coincided with American industrialization.
C.The first part was published in 1835； the second part in 1840.
D.The second part was more optimistic than the first.答案：C解析：细节题。此题需对每个选项进行判断，根据文章可知，A项应为nine months，故错误；托克维尔游览美国发生在工业化之前，B项错误；第二部分比第一部分悲观，D项错误。 -
第3题：
单选题It can be inferred from the passage that the isotope record taken from ocean sediments would be less useful to researchers if which of the following were true?AIt indicated that lighter isotopes of oxygen predominated at certain times.
BIt had far more gaps in its sequence than the record taken from rocks on land.
CIt indicated that climate shifts did not occur every 100,000 years.
DIt indicated that the ratios of oxygen 16 and oxygen 18 in ocean water were not consistent with those found in fresh water.
EIt stretched back for only a million years.
正确答案： B解析：
推断题。第三段第四句提到：Because of these advantages, sedimentary evidence can be dated with sufficient accuracy by radiometric methods to establish a precise chronology of the ice ages，所以可知如果海底同位素记录失去了其全球性以及延续性，那么其正确性将会大受影响，故B项是正确的。 -
第4题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?AItaly.
BSpain.
CGreece.
DFrance.
正确答案： D解析：
信息题。“Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else.” -
第5题：
单选题Which of the following is true about email according to the passage?AEmail reduces other forms of contact.
BEmail enhances other forms of contact.
CAbout 25% of network members are contacted by email weekly.
DWith email, people try hard to maintain more relationships.
正确答案： C解析：
录音中指出“Contrary to fears that email would reduce other forms of contact…”(与电子邮件会减弱其他的交流形式的担心相反…)，由此可推测出电子邮件可能会加强其他交流形式，所以选B。 -
第6题：
单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AThe women having children show a rise in cold infections than those without children.
BPeople with low income will surely more colds than people with high income.
CJuniors are easier to have colds than seniors.
DIt has not been proved scientifically that poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds.
正确答案： D解析：
是非题。第三段主要描述低收入的人比高收入的人易患感冒，原因可能是住宿条件不好和营养跟不上，但选项B（低收入者肯定比高收入者更经常患感冒）说法过于绝对，因此不符合文意。 -
第7题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is true?AIt is very difficult for the middle-aged to live in America.
BAmerica is Kids Country because the majority of the American population is children.
CKids Country was taking shape in America when immigrants poured into the country.
DAmerica is more of Kids Country than any other countries in the world.
正确答案： B解析：
是非题。第四段第二句指出“America is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids Country.”，从greatest country in the world to grow up in可知美国比世界上任何一个国家更称得上是一个孩子王国。因此选D。 -
第8题：
单选题Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?AWe will be in trouble if our fat cells become less responsive to insulin.
BMore and more studies are done to study the link between sleep and weight.
CMore than 20％ of Americans are not getting enough sleep.
DFat cells are there to help us maintain a good health.
正确答案： D解析：
细节判断题。考查对文章细节的理解。根据文章最后一段第一句话“Bad things can happen when fat cells become less responsive to insulin.”可以得知：当脂肪细胞对胰岛素的反应能力降低时，不好的事情就可能发生。所以A项表述正确。根据文章第二段最后一句话“More than 1 in 5 of us…”可知：超过20％的美国人睡眠不足，因此C项表述正确。根据文章最后一段第二句“Fat cells are actually your friend… They’re there to store lipids”可知：脂肪细胞可以帮助身体保持健康，因此D选项表述正确。B项原文未提及，故选择B项。 -
第9题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?ASmell is the most emotional of the senses.
BSmell stimulates our memory more than the other senses.
CSmell is considered to be mysterious, as it is untouchable.
DSmell is the most difficult sense to identify.
正确答案： D解析：
细节理解题。B项与第五段第二句a photography or a voice is just as likely to evoke a memory as a smell矛盾。 -
第10题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?AMost voters support the government's effort to help young people to work.
BSome people protest against the government's attempt to force young people to work.
CThere are more than one million young people who took part in the program.
DThere are more than one million young people who are jobless.
正确答案： C解析： -
第11题：
单选题The author’s experiences during the childhood indicate all of the following EXCEPT that _____.Athe author is the first child of the family
Bhis family led a very hard life
Chis mother gave less attention to him
Dhis mother treated him as more than an assistant
正确答案： C解析：
推理题。注意本题的关键词EXCEPT。根据题干定位至原文第四段。由本段第二句可以看出，作者是家里最年长的，A选项的说法正确，不选。从第三句母亲肩上的担子很重可以推断出家里生活艰难，B选项的说法也正确，不选。该段的第五、六句指出，作者渴望得到母亲的关心，并在第七句中进一步指出他需要了解到母亲不仅仅把他当作一个帮手和持家的小顶梁柱，他需要得到母亲的爱，但从后文得知，他并未得到这个，也可以说，在母亲眼里作者仅仅是一个维持生计的帮手，由此便可知C选项的说法正确而D选项的说法错误。本题为反选题，故正确答案为D。 -
第12题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is true?APeople in allocations are unwilling to conform to a general pattern.
BConformity is a special characteristic of business.
CBusinessmen are all original thinkers.
DBusinessmen are provided with greater opportunities than people in other professions.
正确答案： A解析：
细节题。原文最后一句提到“The fact is the large business unit provides greater opportunities for individuality and requires less in the way of conformity than other institutions of comparable size...”，意思是商业机构比其他机构给个人提供的个性发展空间都大，D项表述与原文相符。 -
第13题：
Which of the following constitutes the best title for this passage？( )A.In the Unthinking Age，Seeing is Believing
B.Images Matter Less Today Than in the Past
C.Democracy Has Lost Its Appeal Nowadays
D.Images in the Information Age答案：A解析：主旨题。文章意在展示信息时代影像的影响力，说明人们总是容易相信眼睛看到的东西。故本题选A。参考译文：如果我们能弄清楚朝鲜在网上发布的那些令人费解的视频有何含义，也许我们在应对朝鲜的核挑衅行为时能更自如些。朝鲜最近发布的一段视频中出现了如下内容：一名正在做梦的男子、一些朝鲜文字、起火的摩天大楼，以及正飞越太空的火箭。视频的背景音乐是钢琴家弹奏的《天下一家》，节奏处理得很哀婉。这是一种无害的幻想，还是一种正式的挑战？针对这一视频西方是否应该发表声明回应？西方是不是也应该发布一段自己的视频？这些问题很难回答。传统媒体正在被互联网“取代”。然而，信息经济释放的“信息”往往难以解读，炮制这些“信息”的目的也难以辨明。电影研究学者斯蒂芬·阿普康在本周出版的《影像时代》一书中称，如今可以探讨一种建立在解读此类非语言信息基础上的新型“读写能力”。阿普康这本书往低了说是关于电影“语言”的，但该书还蕴含着更深的哲学思想。如今，我们的文化日益全球化。尽管文化依然依赖于文字，但文字已越来越多地被包含在影像中，最终留在人们记忆中的也是影像。南加州大学电影艺术学院院长伊丽莎白·戴利认为，写作在今天的地位与文艺复兴前夕的拉丁语类似，是一种学术界使用的语言。YouTube网站上的视频以及其他影像材料则相当于当时的意大利语。它们都是人们日常使用的语言，也是许多创新思维的媒介。一直以来，形象在公共辩论中所起的作用比我们承认的要大。几乎没人在乎理查德·尼克松在1960年与约翰·肯尼迪的总统辩论中整体发言质量略胜一筹，他们只看到这位共和党人胡子拉碴、仪容不整。阿普康援引一位神经科学家的话说，人们如此习惯于捕捉一些微妙的信号，以至于他们往往在看到政治人物的第一眼就“立刻”决定自己是否喜欢这个人。而如今，那些情感冲击力巨大、直观的非语言信息能够得到更广泛的传播。比如，2009年6月，在伊朗总统选举不合法引发抗议期间，一个名叫娜达·萨勒什·阿哈·索尔丹的女孩被枪杀的视频传遍了全世界。而在那部令观众动容的纪录片《科尼2012》(该视频在6天内被浏览了1亿次)中，一些美国政治积极分子呼吁军方逮捕一个乌干达军阀。阿普康指出，视觉是人类最信任的感官，因此需要谨慎对待。当前存在一种挥之不去的危险，就是那些虐待过程的影像可能令公众极度不安，促使他们要求政府出兵。这可以说正是1992年索马里大饥荒时的情况，当时美国在仓促间决定对索马里进行军事干预。阿普康表示，将来我们可能需要“同时具备怀疑精神和敏锐的判断力”，让民众能够“比较辩证地评论呈现在自己面前的内容”。但这一点很难实现。当影像激发出来的情感与语言的论证逻辑得出同一结论时，人们通常能够轻易做出决定。然而当两者的结论相互抵触时，人们必然会偏向其中一方。直到最近，国家治理、学生研究和司法判决的核心才将我们的强烈感情从谨慎思维中净化出来。然而，如今的影像极度丰富和富有冲击力，已经主导了我们的思维过程。尽管阿普康喜欢YouTube的即时性，但他担心，政治宣传人员很快就将学会编造故事来满足“隐藏的心理需求”，从而轻易操控选民。民众对投票的看法有两种。第一种是基于身份来投票。你是农民，那么你就投票给最偏向农民的候选人。第二种则是基于观点来投票，而不是考虑自己的身份。你认为销售税应该取代所得税，那么你就投票给持相同观点的候选人。然而，现在这种基于影像的沟通过程，与身份或观点几乎没什么关系。这种过程只与“最低公分母原则”有关，在这种原则下，你只是一种叫做人类的动物而已。对这个问题没什么显而易见的解决办法。就算我们拥有阿普康所说的怀疑精神，某种特定机制在感知、吸收和解释信息时会“带有”特定风格。你可能不会觉得印刷机与“新教”有任何关联。然而印刷机似乎是新教兴起的先决条件。与此类似，我们的民主制度尽管不太完美，却代表了文字文化发展的顶峰。阿普康告诉我们，在1960年的几次总统辩论中，肯尼迪“利用了一种能够操纵心理的东西，比起单纯的事实，这种东西具有更为原始的力量”。回想起来，那是个不祥的时刻。一旦你发现了这种东西，民主制度岂不是注定会丧失一些吸引力？就像一部你已预知结局的侦探小说一样。 -
第14题：
单选题Which of the following statements about the Grimm's fairy tales is TRUE according to the passage?AThey were originally intended to be children's stories.
BGenerally speaking, the tales that have endured can help children deal with the challenges life bring to them.
CA large number of the tales made it to the modem age.
DThey are less violent than the children's stories being written today.
正确答案： C解析：
细节判断题。根据文章最后一句"But the deeper answer is that the tales that have lasted are magical adventures that help children deal with the struggles and fears of their everyday lives.''可知这些故事能够广为流传的深层次原因是它们能帮助孩子们应对生活中的困难和恐惧。这与选项B的说法一致。 -
第15题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?AThe Boston Tea Party took place in 1773.
BEuropeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.
CDuring the 1770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee.
DCoffee is a refreshing drink.
正确答案： B解析： -
第16题：
单选题Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AWomen usually suffer from osteoporosis when advanced in years.
BWomen tend to be anemic more than men due to menstruation.
CGallbladder disease afflicts fewer women than men.
DFood high in soy protein can lower cholesterol.
正确答案： B解析：
排除性题目。答案来自第一段：…gallbladder disease, which afflicts twice as many women as men, 故C为正确选项。 -
第17题：
单选题Which of the following is true according to the passage?ANot all the fires in the forests must be put out.
BPeople‘s carelessness leads to dangerous fires.
CAustralia allows all the fires to burn naturally.
DThere are more fires in Russia than in the USA.
正确答案： A解析：
分析判断题。本文重点强调森林火灾的好处，一定的火灾是有必要的。A项说不必扑灭所有的森林火灾，符合文章的观点。B选项指出是人们的大意导致了严重的火灾，根据文章第二、三段的首句可知，引起火灾的原因是气候变化和传统消防，排除B项。根据文章第三段第二句“as result, countries like Australia allow more fires to burn naturally”可知，C项错误。D选项文章没有提及，所以排除。故选择A项。 -
第18题：
单选题Which of the following is true about habits according to the passage?AThey are natural endowments to living creatures.
BThey are more important than instincts to all animals.
CThey are subject to the formative influence of the environment.
DThey are destined to open out a much more far-reaching possibility in the evolution of human beings.
正确答案： A解析：
本题可参照文章第二段的“Habits, instead of being born ready-made ... were left more and more to the formative influence of the environment”。从中可知C项为正确答案。 -
第19题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the woman?AShe is married to a school teacher.
BHer eyes move around a lot at times.
CShe is ten years older than Jerome.
DShe has found what she is looking for.
正确答案： D解析：
文章第一段指出女主人公摸了他丈夫所有衣服的口袋但都是“Empty”，可见她并未找到正在寻找的东西。因此D项表述有误。A、C项内容在最后一段提及；第二段最后一句描述到女主人公在梳头或和别人讲话时，她的眼睛会“darted about at nothing in particular”，因此B项也正确。 -
第20题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?AThe Boston Tea Party took place in l773.
BEuropeans figured out ways to use coffee during the 1670s.
CDuring the l770s, more and more Americans began to drink coffee.
DCoffee is a refreshing drink.
正确答案： C解析：
细节判断题。根据文中第四段第一行提到“It is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773”可知，“波士顿倾茶事件”在1773年发生，A选项正确。接着文章又说道“Americans everywhere switched over to drinking coffee.”即，1773年“波士顿倾茶事件”之后，人们开始从喝茶转向喝咖啡，也就是越来越多的人选择喝咖啡，C选项正确。由文章第一行“Coffee is a powerful drink.… it helps keep US awake and active”可知，咖啡能使人保持清醒和活跃，即咖啡是“提神（refreshing）的饮料”，D选项正确。根据文章中第二段内容可得：14世纪时，有人发现了咖啡使用方法，15世纪传遍阿拉伯世界，之后又过了150年，即17世纪60年代，它才席卷了欧洲，其中并没有直接提到是欧洲人发明出了使用咖啡的方法，而且时间也不是在17世纪80年代，因此B项描述不符，故答案选B。 -
第21题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?AItaly
Bspain
CFrance
DGreece
正确答案： D解析： -
第22题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true ?ASwimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.
BThe idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.
CIt is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.
DA tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.
正确答案： A解析： -
第23题：
单选题Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?AA computer model
BStudies show ice melted equally in the North and the South during the ice age
CMost of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere during the 30,000-year long ice age
DA survey result
正确答案： B解析：