【A3】A.MORE THAN WILLPOWER.B.SUPPORT NETWORK.C.CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT.D.START SLOW.E.FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE ALL KNOW THAT BREAKING A BAD HABIT OR ESTABLISHING A NEW, HEALTHY ONE CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF.RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

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【A3】

A.MORE THAN WILLPOWER.

B.SUPPORT NETWOR

K.

C.CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

D.START SLOW.

E.FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE ALL KNOW THAT BREAKING A BAD HABIT OR ESTABLISHING A NEW, HEALTHY ONE CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT PERSISTENCE PAYS OF

F.RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUND THAT 63 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO MADE NEW YEAR"S RESOLUTIONS WERE STILL KEEPING THEIR RESOLUTION TWO MONTHS LATER.IT"S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR WILLPOWER, STAY RESOLVED AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. 【A1】______ DON"T TRY TO RESTRUCTURE YOUR FINANCES, WIN A PROMOTION AND LOSE WEIGHT ALL ON THE SAME MORNIN

G.ESTABLISH ONE CLEAR, SPECIFIC GOAL AND FORMULATE A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING IT.EXTRA WILLPOWER SOMETIMES REQUIRES EXTRA ENERGY, SO DON"T STRETCH YOURSELFTOO THI

N.FOCUS ON ONE GOAL AT A TIM

E. 【A2】______ MOMENTUM BUILDS GRADUALLY, AND WHATEVER YOUR GOAL, DON"T EXPECT TO ACHIEVE IT OVERNIGHT.REAL SUCCESS TAKES TIM

E.IF YOU ARE TRYING TO KICK A CAFFEINE HABIT, START BY REPLACING YOUR MORNING CUP OF COFFEE WITH A GLASS OF WATER, INSTEAD OF VOWING NEVER TO DRINK COFFEE AGAI

N.CONGRATULATE YOURSELF ON THE SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WILL PAVE THE WAY TOWARD A LARGER ON

E.THESE SUCCESSES HELP YOUR WILL POWER GROW. 【A3】______ BOLSTER YOUR WILLPOWER BY TAPPING INTO A SUPPORT NETWOR

K.ASK FRIENDS, FAMILY OR COLLEAGUES FOR ASSISTANCE AND TELL THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY CAN HELP.IF YOUR CREDIT CARD BILLS HAVE SKYROCKETED, FOR INSTANCE, LET FRIENDS KNOW THAT YOU ARE CUTTING BACK ON EXPENSES.SUGGEST HAVING A POTLUCK DINNER INSTEAD OF MEETING AT AN EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT.FIND A SUPPORT GROUP OR ORGANIZATION RELATED TO YOUR GOAL AND ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS.YOU CAN GET VALUABLE ADVICE, UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMATION—ALL OF WHICH INCREASE COMMITMENT AND WILLPOWER. 【A4】______ IF POSSIBLE, ALTER YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE TEMPTATION OR ENCOURAGE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? KEEP AN EXTRA SET OF WORKOUT CLOTHES IN YOUR OFFICE AS A REMINDER TO STOP BY THE GYM ON THE WAY HOM

E.QUITTING SMOKING? AVOID BARS OR RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO LIGHT UP. 【A5】______ SOMETIMES CHANGING YOUR BEHAVIOR. REQUIRES MORE THAN WILLPOWER.IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH AN ADDICTION OR WANT TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT LIFESTYLE. CHANGE, SEEK THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF A PROFESSIONAL.AN EXPERT MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE SUPPORT AND FOLLOW-UP OR PRESCRIBE MEDICATION TO REDUCE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS.FOR EXAMPLE, WITHOUT HELP ONLY 5 PERCENT OF SMOKERS CAN QUIT BUT THAT NUMBER RISES TO 30 PERCENT WHEN PEOPLE SEEK BOTH DRUG THERAPY AND COUNSELIN

G. SOMETIMES WILLPOWER IS A LOT LIKE THE TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL—HARD TO FIND JUST WHEN YOU WANT IT MOST.WHETHER YOU"RE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT, STOP SMOKING, GET TO THE GYM REGULARLY, WIN A PROMOTION OR PAY OFF SOME DEBTS, DEVELOPING YOUR SENSE OF WILLPOWER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF CHANGING ANY BEHAVIOR.


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1.Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. We've been at the university for at least a year now, so we can give you some good tips. Don't worry - we remember being new and making a lot of mistakes! And we haven't forgotten feeling a little bit scared. First, as you know, there are no longer any grants. If you borrow money from the government, remember that like all loans, you have to pay it back. Spending all your money in the first week is not a sensible strategy. Try to make a budget for each term and stick to it. But if you are struggling to make ends meet, you can get a part-time job-restaurants and bars in the town take lots of students on in the evenings and at weekends. Come and see us for advice. Stop worrying about making new friends. Start to join the sports and hobbies societies - they're cheap and you can begin meeting a lot of people that way. It's a great chance to take up a completely new hobby. Living in a new city a long way from home can be very stressful. One tip, don't forget your parents. After all, they are paying your tuition fees here. You will be very busy working and enjoying yourself, but stop to phone your parents sometimes and don't forget to go home for the weekend from time to time. And remember to take your dirty washing! Finally, remember to work hard and play hard. Go on working steadily towards your first degree (BA or BSc) throughout your three years here - try to keep things in perspective. You'll always find someone in the Student Union office if you need to talk.1). What does the word "scared" mean in the second paragraph?2). What does the word "grants" mean in the third paragraph?3). The sentence "But if you are struggling to make ends meet, ?at weekends" in the third paragraph implies().4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from home, ().5). This passage is written for the purpose of ().(1).A、excitedB、frightenedC、worried(2).A、money given by the government to support the students' study, which they needn't pay backB、money from the government which the students need to pay backC、money from the school which is similar to scholarship(3).A、if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare timeB、if you want to have a better life than others, you can find a part-time job in your spare timeC、restaurants and bars need more hands in the evenings and at weekends(4).A、it's better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to timeB、new students need to do their washing themselvesC、new students should keep themselves as busy as possible so that they will not miss home(5).A、telling new students the problems facing them in the universityB、telling new students how to budget their moneyC、offering new students some advice about their university life

2.Passage ThreeEducation is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all—whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they consider "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and secondly, we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work, or to scorn someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.44. Education is______.A. a purposeB. a meansC. fashionableD. the first system

3.【A1】A.MORE THAN WILLPOWER.B.SUPPORT NETWORK.C.CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT.D.START SLOW.E.FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE ALL KNOW THAT BREAKING A BAD HABIT OR ESTABLISHING A NEW, HEALTHY ONE CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF.RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUND THAT 63 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO MADE NEW YEAR"S RESOLUTIONS WERE STILL KEEPING THEIR RESOLUTION TWO MONTHS LATER.IT"S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR WILLPOWER, STAY RESOLVED AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. 【A1】______ DON"T TRY TO RESTRUCTURE YOUR FINANCES, WIN A PROMOTION AND LOSE WEIGHT ALL ON THE SAME MORNING.ESTABLISH ONE CLEAR, SPECIFIC GOAL AND FORMULATE A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING IT.EXTRA WILLPOWER SOMETIMES REQUIRES EXTRA ENERGY, SO DON"T STRETCH YOURSELFTOO THIN.FOCUS ON ONE GOAL AT A TIME. 【A2】______ MOMENTUM BUILDS GRADUALLY, AND WHATEVER YOUR GOAL, DON"T EXPECT TO ACHIEVE IT OVERNIGHT.REAL SUCCESS TAKES TIME.IF YOU ARE TRYING TO KICK A CAFFEINE HABIT, START BY REPLACING YOUR MORNING CUP OF COFFEE WITH A GLASS OF WATER, INSTEAD OF VOWING NEVER TO DRINK COFFEE AGAIN.CONGRATULATE YOURSELF ON THE SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WILL PAVE THE WAY TOWARD A LARGER ONE.THESE SUCCESSES HELP YOUR WILL POWER GROW. 【A3】______ BOLSTER YOUR WILLPOWER BY TAPPING INTO A SUPPORT NETWORK.ASK FRIENDS, FAMILY OR COLLEAGUES FOR ASSISTANCE AND TELL THEM EXACTLY HOW THEY CAN HELP.IF YOUR CREDIT CARD BILLS HAVE SKYROCKETED, FOR INSTANCE, LET FRIENDS KNOW THAT YOU ARE CUTTING BACK ON EXPENSES.SUGGEST HAVING A POTLUCK DINNER INSTEAD OF MEETING AT AN EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT.FIND A SUPPORT GROUP OR ORGANIZATION RELATED TO YOUR GOAL AND ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS.YOU CAN GET VALUABLE ADVICE, UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMATION—ALL OF WHICH INCREASE COMMITMENT AND WILLPOWER. 【A4】______ IF POSSIBLE, ALTER YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE TEMPTATION OR ENCOURAGE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.WANT TO GET IN SHAPE? KEEP AN EXTRA SET OF WORKOUT CLOTHES IN YOUR OFFICE AS A REMINDER TO STOP BY THE GYM ON THE WAY HOME.QUITTING SMOKING? AVOID BARS OR RESTAURANTS WHERE YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO LIGHT UP. 【A5】______ SOMETIMES CHANGING YOUR BEHAVIOR. REQUIRES MORE THAN WILLPOWER.IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH AN ADDICTION OR WANT TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT LIFESTYLE. CHANGE, SEEK THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF A PROFESSIONAL.AN EXPERT MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE SUPPORT AND FOLLOW-UP OR PRESCRIBE MEDICATION TO REDUCE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS.FOR EXAMPLE, WITHOUT HELP ONLY 5 PERCENT OF SMOKERS CAN QUIT BUT THAT NUMBER RISES TO 30 PERCENT WHEN PEOPLE SEEK BOTH DRUG THERAPY AND COUNSELING. SOMETIMES WILLPOWER IS A LOT LIKE THE TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL—HARD TO FIND JUST WHEN YOU WANT IT MOST.WHETHER YOU"RE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT, STOP SMOKING, GET TO THE GYM REGULARLY, WIN A PROMOTION OR PAY OFF SOME DEBTS, DEVELOPING YOUR SENSE OF WILLPOWER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF CHANGING ANY BEHAVIOR.

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  • 第1题:

    24. If one bad tooth is taken out ,there will be a _________ in its place.

    A.hole

    B.new tooth

    C.healthy


    正确答案:A
    24.A【解析】从第二段第二句可知。

  • 第2题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第3题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    Poor diets can lead to such diseases as rickets and scurvy.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    Poor diets can lead to such diseases as rickets and scurvy.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第5题:

    The author believes that__________.

    A.her future will be free from troubles
    B.it is difficult to become patient
    C.there are more good things than bad things
    D.good things will happen if one keeps trying

    答案:D
    解析:
    文章在结尾处点点明了全文主题。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    Looking to help the environment?Consider the following simple ideas.
    Turn off electrical devices when they're not being used.
    Turning off,rather than leaving on stand-by,things like your TV and computer will save huge amounts of energy. With this,we can all help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the earth's atmosphere,thereby reducing pollution and global warming.
    Share your car.
    Rather than traveling to work alone,why not arrange car-sharing with one or more of your friends or colleagues?To give you an example,if you drive a fashionable car,you will use more energy in a year than you would leaving your fridge open for seven years,or your TV on for thirty-two years!Imagine the savings if you shared your car with 2,3 or even 4 other people!
    Refuse junk mail.
    While we all complain about how much junk mail we get,we very rarely do anything about it. The mail continues to go straight from our letter-boxes into the garbage bin-with 99% of it not even opened.What can you do about this?There are various websites where you can register to receive no junk mail.As well as saving time,you'll also be doing a lot for the environment. Each year,100 million trees are used to produce junk mail. 250,000 homes could be heated with one day's supply of junk mail.
    There are many other everyday changes you can make to help the environment. They will cost you nothing,and many will actually save you money!Why not give it a try?We can all help, if we really want to.

    The only drawback of junk mail is that it wastes out time.
    A: Right
    B: Wrong
    C: Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    关闭不用的电视和电脑可以节约大量的能源。本句话和文章第一个小标题下的内容相一致:切断你家中类似电视和电脑等电器的电源,不要让它们时刻处于待用状态,这样会节省大量能源。


    和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。根据Share your car那一段中:当你驾驶着你的时髦小桥车时,你消耗的能源比打开冰箱门7年,或让电视一直开犯年所耗的能源还要多。可以推断出作者是在暗示和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。


    因为汽车非常浪费能源,所以我们不应该买车。该文章中并未涉及这一内容。


    99%的垃圾信件没有被打开就被扔进了垃圾箱。根据Refuse junk mail那一段的第二句话:垃圾信件还是被我们从信箱中取出然后直接扔到垃圾箱,其中99%的信件甚至从未打开过。可以推断出本句话是正确的。


    垃圾邮件的唯一缺陷就是它浪费了我们的时间。根据文章中第四段的最后两句话:这样在节省时间的同时,我们也为环保做出巨大贡献。每年都会有一亿裸树被砍伐来制造垃圾信件。可以得出本句话是错误的。


    要保护环境,我们必须要花好多的钱。本句话和文章最后一段第二句话相矛盾:这些改变其实不花费我们任何精力,其中许多还可以为我们省钱。因此是错误的。


    即使我们想做些改变去帮助改善环境,我们也无能为力。根据文章最后一句话可以得知只要我们愿意去做,我们都可以做到,本句话和文中内容矛盾,因此本句话是错误的。

  • 第7题:

    共用题干
    Looking to help the environment?Consider the following simple ideas.
    Turn off electrical devices when they're not being used.
    Turning off,rather than leaving on stand-by,things like your TV and computer will save huge amounts of energy. With this,we can all help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the earth's atmosphere,thereby reducing pollution and global warming.
    Share your car.
    Rather than traveling to work alone,why not arrange car-sharing with one or more of your friends or colleagues?To give you an example,if you drive a fashionable car,you will use more energy in a year than you would leaving your fridge open for seven years,or your TV on for thirty-two years!Imagine the savings if you shared your car with 2,3 or even 4 other people!
    Refuse junk mail.
    While we all complain about how much junk mail we get,we very rarely do anything about it. The mail continues to go straight from our letter-boxes into the garbage bin-with 99% of it not even opened.What can you do about this?There are various websites where you can register to receive no junk mail.As well as saving time,you'll also be doing a lot for the environment. Each year,100 million trees are used to produce junk mail. 250,000 homes could be heated with one day's supply of junk mail.
    There are many other everyday changes you can make to help the environment. They will cost you nothing,and many will actually save you money!Why not give it a try?We can all help, if we really want to.

    We shouldn't buy a car since it wastes so much energy.
    A:Right
    B: Wrong
    C: Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    关闭不用的电视和电脑可以节约大量的能源。本句话和文章第一个小标题下的内容相一致:切断你家中类似电视和电脑等电器的电源,不要让它们时刻处于待用状态,这样会节省大量能源。


    和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。根据Share your car那一段中:当你驾驶着你的时髦小桥车时,你消耗的能源比打开冰箱门7年,或让电视一直开犯年所耗的能源还要多。可以推断出作者是在暗示和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。


    因为汽车非常浪费能源,所以我们不应该买车。该文章中并未涉及这一内容。


    99%的垃圾信件没有被打开就被扔进了垃圾箱。根据Refuse junk mail那一段的第二句话:垃圾信件还是被我们从信箱中取出然后直接扔到垃圾箱,其中99%的信件甚至从未打开过。可以推断出本句话是正确的。


    垃圾邮件的唯一缺陷就是它浪费了我们的时间。根据文章中第四段的最后两句话:这样在节省时间的同时,我们也为环保做出巨大贡献。每年都会有一亿裸树被砍伐来制造垃圾信件。可以得出本句话是错误的。


    要保护环境,我们必须要花好多的钱。本句话和文章最后一段第二句话相矛盾:这些改变其实不花费我们任何精力,其中许多还可以为我们省钱。因此是错误的。


    即使我们想做些改变去帮助改善环境,我们也无能为力。根据文章最后一句话可以得知只要我们愿意去做,我们都可以做到,本句话和文中内容矛盾,因此本句话是错误的。

  • 第8题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race(种族)of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive(原始的)language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    The author argues that we do know some things about language in______aspects.
    A:three
    B:four
    C:five
    D:six

    答案:B
    解析:
    根据第二段第一句中的“First",第三段第一句中的“second,第五段第一句中的“Athird thing",以及第六段第一句中“Finally”可知,作者主要从四个方面来淦释语言的特征。
    根据第三段最后一句可知,所有已知的语言无不经过了数万年的充分发展。
    第四段第一句中的“This”指的就是第三段所诊释的内容,再结合第三段第一句" Second , there is no such thing as a primitive language.”可知,A项正确。
    由第五段可知,A、B两项表述正确。根据第四段最后一句可知,作者认为不同的语言没有发展水平上的差别,美国的印第安语和英语一样复杂,故C项表述正确,D项表述不正确。
    根据第六段最后一句可知,词汇是所有语言中最不稳定的部分,即它最容易发生变化。

  • 第9题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
    Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
    This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
    Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
    Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    According to the author,language changes are most likely to occur in______.
    A: grammar
    B: pronunciation
    C: vocabulary
    D: intonation

    答案:C
    解析:
    作者在第二段中认为,任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是:There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…


    此题的答案来自第三段。


    作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是:They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.


    根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知,B项正确。


    词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是:Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

  • 第10题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
    Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
    This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
    Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
    Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    According to the author,people of undeveloped cultures can have______languages.
    A: complicated
    B: uncivilized
    C: primitive
    D: well-known

    答案:A
    解析:
    作者在第二段中认为,任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是:There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…


    此题的答案来自第三段。


    作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是:They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.


    根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知,B项正确。


    词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是:Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    From the passage, we know that bad things can make us _____.
    A

    terribly meet bad luck

    B

    realize our further ability

    C

    find no serious success

    D

    possibly enjoy every moment


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    由第二段的“But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength.”可知,困难可以帮助我们了解自己的能力和力量,故选项B正确。

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    Practice 3  If I have called in the cuckoo to illustrate the ordinary man’s ignorance, it is not because I can speak with authority on that bird. It is simply because, passing the spring in a parish that seemed to have been invaded by all the cuckoos of Africa, I realized how exceedingly little I, or anybody else I met, knew about them. But your and my ignorance is not confined to cuckoos. It dabbles in all created things, from the sun and moon down to the names of the flowers. I once heard a clever lady asking whether the new moon always appears on the same day of the week. She added that perhaps it is better not to know, because, if one does not know when or in what part of the sky to expect it, its appearance is always a pleasant surprise. I fancy, however, the new moon always comes as a surprise even to those who are familiar with her time-tables. And it is the same with the coming-in of spring and the waves of the flowers. We are not the less delighted to find an early primrose because we are sufficiently learned in the services of the year to look for it in March or April rather than in October. We know, again, that the blossom precedes and not succeeds the fruit of the apple-tree, but this does not lessen our amazement at the beautiful holiday of a May orchard.  At the same time there is, perhaps, a special pleasure in re-learning the names of many of the flowers every spring. It is like re-reading a book that one has almost forgotten. Montaigne tells us that he had so bad a memory that he could always read an old book as though he had never read it before. I have myself a capricious and leaking memory. I can read Hamlet itself and The Pickwick Papers as though they were the work of new authors and had come wet from the press, so much of them fades between one reading and another. There are occasions on which a memory of this kind is an affliction, especially if one has a passion for accuracy. But this is only when life has an object beyond entertainment. In respect of mere luxury, it may be doubted whether there is not as much to be said for a bad memory as for a good one. With a bad memory one can go on reading Plutarch and The Arabian Nights all one’s life. Little shreds and tags, it is probable, will stick even in the worst memory, just as a succession of sheep cannot leap through a gap in a hedge without leaving a few wisps of wool on the thorns. But the sheep themselves escape, and the great authors leap in the same way out of an idle memory and leave little enough behind.

    正确答案: 参考译文
    我用杜鹃来做例子以说明普通人的无知,并不是因为我有什么权威对这种鸟儿发发议论。不过,我曾在某个教区暂住,而那年春天从非洲飞来的杜鹃似乎全集合在那个地方,因此我也就有了机会了解到我自己以及我所碰见的每一个人对这种鸟儿的知识是如何地微不足道。但是,你我的无知并不限于杜鹃这一方面。它涉及到宇宙万物,从太阳、月亮一直到花卉的名字。有一天,我听见一位聪明伶俐的太太提出了这样一个问题:新月是不是总在星期几露面?她接着又说:不知道倒好,正因为人不知道在什么时候、在天空的哪一带能看见它,新月一出现才给人带来一场惊喜。然而我想,哪怕人把月亮盈亏时间表记得再熟,看见新月出现还是不免又惊又喜,春回大地,花开花落,也莫不如此。尽管我们对一年四季草木节令了如指掌,知道樱草开花在三月或四月而不在十月,不过看见一株早开花的樱草,我们还是照样地高兴。另外,我们知道苹果树先开花,后结果,可是五月一旦到来,果园里一片欢闹的花海,我们不是仍然惊为奇观吗?
    倘在每年春天,把许多花卉之名重温一遍,还另有一番风味。那就像把一本差不多忘得干干净净的书再重新念一遍。蒙田说过,他的记忆力很坏,所以他随时都能拿起一本旧书,像从未读过的新书一样地念。我自己的记忆力也漏洞百出、不听使唤。我甚至能拿起《哈姆雷特》和《匹克威克外传》,把它们当作是初登文坛的新作家刚刚印成白纸黑字的作品来念,因为自从上回念过以后,这两部书在我脑子里的印象已经模糊了。这样的记忆力,在某些场合自然叫人伤脑筋,尤其当人渴望精确的时候。不过,在这种时候,人不仅想得到娱乐,还追求着什么目的。如果只讲享受的话,记忆力坏比记忆力好究竟差到哪里去,还真是大可怀疑呢。记忆力坏的人可以一辈子不断地念普卢塔克的《英雄传》和《天方夜谭》,而永远感到新鲜。很可能,最坏的记忆力也难免粘粘连连地留下一星半点的印象,恰如一只只绵羊从篱笆洞里接连通过,总不免在那刺条上留下一丝半缕的羊毛。然而,绵羊终归逃出去了,正像伟大的作家从我们不争气的记忆中消失,所留下的东西简直微不足道。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    Life was not easy for many children living 100 years ago.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第14题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time
    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was 100 years ago
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.from lots of diseases , especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are bot diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their pai lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:
    文章第一段虽然提到现在女性的寿命要比一百年前长,但并没有提及一百年前女性是否比男性寿命要长,故选C。
    文章第二段明确介绍了人们现在比过去长寿的原因,故选B。
    文章第四段第一句说一百年前,许多孩子很小便夭折了,故选A。
    文章第四段第二句话中“… rickets and scurvy , which are both caused by bad diets.”可知,佝偻病与坏血病都是由饮食不良引起的,故选A。
    文章第五段提到,人们过去之所以站着睡觉是因为房子太小,没有躺下的空间,而非出于喜欢,故选B。
    文章第六段只是说,直到20世纪20年代人们才有了冰箱可用,但并没有说明冰箱是谁发明的,故选C。
    从文章第四段以及最后一段可以看出,一百年前,生活对于许多孩子来说都是十分不易的,故选A。

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Step Back in Time

    Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us?One
    hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45.But now,she can live until at least 80.
    One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after
    ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make
    sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and
    what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to
    keep our hearts beating healthily.
    But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits,let's have a look at what life was
    like 100 years ago.
    Families had between 15 and 20 children,although many babies didn't live long.
    Children suffered from lots of diseases , especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),
    which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not
    able to feed their children well.
    Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept
    standing up,bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
    People didn't have fridges until the 1 920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on
    windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.
    Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their
    parents. If you had lived 1 00 years ago , you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a
    job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

    On average women lived longer than men 1 00 years ago.
    A:Right
    B:Wrong
    C:Not mentioned

    答案:C
    解析:

  • 第16题:

    The beauty of software is in its funciion ,in its internal srurcture,and in zhe way inwhich it is created by a team. To a user,a program with just the right features presented through an intuitive and ( ) interface is beautiful.To a soware designer,an intemal sucre that is partitioned in a simple and intuitive manner,and that minirnízes intemal coupling is beautiful.To developers and managers ,a motivated tenof developers makingignificant progress eve week,and producing defect-free code,is beautifu l. There is beauty on all these levels.Our world needs software -- 10ts of syears ago soware was somethingthat ran in a few big and expensive machines. years ago it was something that ran in most companies and industrial settings. Now there is sware running in our cell phones , watches ,appliances,automobi1es ,toys,and tools. And need for new and betler soware never ( ) As our civilization grows and expands,as developirig nations build their masuctures,as deve10ped nations striveωachieve ever greater efficiencies,the need for more and more software (请作答此空)to increase. It would be a great shame if,in all that soware,there was no beauty.We know that soware can be uglWe know that it can be hard to use,unreliable ,and carelessly structured. We know that there are software systems whose tangled and careless intemal structures make them expensive and difficult to change. We know that there are soware systems that present their features through an awkward and cumbersome interface.We know that there are software systems that crash and misbehave. These are ( ) systems. Unfortunately ,as a profession ,soware developers tend to create more ugly systems than beautiful ones.There is a secret at the best sofuλrare developers know. Beauty is cheaper than ugliness. Beauty is faster than ugliness. A beautiful soware system can be built and maintained in less time,and for less money,than an ugly one. Novice soware developers don't understand is. They think that they have to do everything fast and quick.They think that beauty is ( ). No! By doing things fast and quick,they make messes that make the software stiff and hard to understand. Beautiful systems are flexible and easy to understand. Building them and maintaining them is a joy. It is ugliness that is impractical.Ugliness will slow you down and make your software expensive and brittle. Beautiful systems cost the least to build and maintain ,and are delivered soonest.

    A.starts
    B.continues
    C.appears
    D.Stops

    答案:C
    解析:
    软件的优点在于其功能,内部结构以及由团队创建的方式。对于用户来说,通过直观和( )界面呈现的正确功能的程序是美丽的。对于软件设计师来说,分割的内部结构是一种简单而直观的方式,最小化内部耦合是美观的。对于开发人员和经理来说,一个积极的开发团队每周都取得重大进展,并且生产无缺陷的代码是美丽的。所有这些级别都有美丽。我们的世界需要大量软件。五十年前,软件是在大多数公司和工业环境中运行的。现在软件存在在我们的手机,手表,电器,汽车,玩具和工具中。并且对新的和更好的软件的需求永远不会(请作答此空)。随着我们文明的发展和壮大,随着发展中国家建设基础设施,发达国家努力实现更高的效率,越来越多的软件需求( )增长。如果在所有的软件中没有美丽的话,这将是一个很大的耻辱。我们知道软件可能是丑的。我们知道它可能很难使用,不可靠,粗心大意的结构。我们知道有一些软件系统的纠结和粗心的内部结构使得它们变得昂贵和难以改变。我们知道有一些软件系统通过尴尬和繁琐的界面来呈现其功能。我们知道有软件系统崩溃和行为不端。这些都是( )系统。不幸的是,作为一个专业,软件开发人员倾向于创建丑陋的系统比美丽的系统更多。这是最好的软件开发者知道的秘密。美丽的比丑陋的更便宜。美丽的比丑陋的更快。一个美丽的软件系统相当于一个丑陋的系统来说,建立和维护要花的时间与金钱会少得多。很多新手软件开发人员不明白这一点。他们认为做每一个事情必须快速,更快速。他们认为美是( )。没有!通过快速,快速地做事情,他们使软件变得僵硬,难以理解。美观的系统灵活易懂。建立和维护他们是一种快乐。丑陋是不切实际的。丑陋会减慢你的速度,会使你的软件昂贵而脆弱。美观的系统成本最低,建立和维护成本最低,交货时间最短。A starts (开始) B continues(持续) C appears(出现) D stops(停止)

  • 第17题:

    The beauty of software is in its function, in its internal structure, and in the way in which it is created by a team. To a user, a program with just the right features presented through an intuitive and( 71 )interface is beautiful. To a software designer, an internal structure that is partitioned in a simple and intuitive manner, and that minimizes internal coupling is beautiful. To developers and managers, a motivated team of developers making significant progress every week, and producing defect-free code, is beautiful. There is beauty on all these levels.

    Our world needs software--lots of software. Fifty years ago software was something that ran in a few big and expensive machines. Thirty years ago it was something that ran in most companies and industrial settings. Now there is software running in our cell phones, watches, appliances, automobiles, toys, and tools. And need for new and better software never( 作答此空 ). As our civilization grows and expands, as developing nations build their infrastructures, as developed nations strive to achieve ever greater efficiencies, the need for more and more Software( 73 )to increase. It would be a great shame if, in all that software,there was no beauty.

    We know that software can be ugly. We know that it can be hard to use, unreliable, and carelessly structured. We know that there are software systems whose tangled and careless internal structures make them expensive and difficult to change. We know that there are software systems that present their features through an awkward and cumbersome interface. We know that there are software systems that crash and misbehave. These are( 74) systems. Unfortunately, as a profession, software developers tend to create more ugly systems than beautiful ones.

    There is a secret that the best software developers know. Beauty is cheaper than ugliness. Beauty is faster than ugliness. A beautiful software system can be built and maintained in less time, and for less money, than an ugly one. Novice software developers don't understand this. They think that they have to do everything fast and quick. They think that beauty is( 75 ). No! By doing things fast and quick, they make messes that make the software stiff, and hard to understand, Beautiful systems are flexible and easy to understand. Building them and maintaining them is a joy. It is ugliness that is impractical. Ugliness will slow you down and make your software expensive and brittle. Beautiful systems cost the least build and maintain, and are delivered soonest.

    A.happens
    B.exists
    C.stops
    D.starts

    答案:C
    解析:
    这道题考查的是关于软件的一些特点。

    第一段讲述了出色的软件产品针对不同的人群所展现出来的优点,其中对于软件的使用者来说软件应该有良好的架构并且提供一些直观的简单的接口跟用户进行交互。

    第二段讲述随着时代的发展,人们需要越来越多的软件,并且对新软件和高质量的软件需求从来没有停止过。

    第三段讲述一些软件产品表现出来的问题。

    第四段讲述不同开发者看待软件产品的角度也是不相同的,一些不负责任的开发者会认为花精力去创造优秀的产品产品是浪费时间的行为。同时文章中也表达了作者自己的看法

  • 第18题:

    共用题干
    第二篇

    Things We Know about TV

    We keep reading that TV is bad for you.If this is true,how come the current generation of TV-addicted kids is much smarter than we are?In my home,the only people who can work the remote control are the children.
    Perhaps TV does educate you.For example,you learn a useful medical fact:A person who has been shot always has time to speak an incomplete sentence before he dies.“The killer was…” (dies).
    But I guess the biggest things we learn from TV can be regarded as"Life Skills".Bad things only happen on dark and stormy nights.Emotional breakdowns cause people to wander in the heavy rain without umbrellas.And contrary to what scientists say,the crack(霹雳)of lightning and the accompanying flash happen at exactly the same time,wherever you are.
    Making use of what we learn from TV can improve our security.Consider these truths.If you are ever attacked by 20 bad guys,don't worry about being outnumbered.The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all.
    TV also teaches us important information about escaping from danger. Watch and learn.If anyone is running after you down a passage,you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. If you are tall and handsome,you can run from any number of armed criminals,and every shot will miss you.
    Be warned, however. If your name card says "henchman"(帮凶)and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying' to catch a handsome individual,a single shot will kill you.
    TV even teaches us about TV.Whenever anyone turns on a TV,it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.

    We can learn from Paragraph 3 that in the real world__________.
    A:bad things cause people to break down in the rain
    B:bad things never happen on dark and stormy nights
    C:people with emotional problems like to walk in the rain without umbrellas
    D:the crack of lightning and the flash don't harmen at the same time

    答案:D
    解析:
    细节题。第二段第二句:你学到了一个有用的医学事实:被枪击的人总是在他死前有时间说出一句不完整的话。这句话明显是体现了幽默,有着讽刺的意味。B选项 sympathy“同情”、C选项deep concern“非常关心”、D选项medical knowledge“医学知识”都是错误的。
    细节题。第三段很多是电视中的情景,根据作者幽默讽刺的语气可知现实生活不一定是这样的。最后一句指出,闪电的霹雳声与相伴的闪其实不是同时发生的。
    细节题。最后一段可知:任何时候一个人打开电视,它就会显示一则关于他们知道的人的新闻快讯。
    推断题。通篇阅读后可知,作者以幽默、讽刺的手法描写了电视,可以得知,作者对电视持消极的态度。A选项“积极的”、B选项“轻松的”、D选项“漠不关心的”都是错误的。
    主旨题。A、B、C都和作者态度相反,只有D选项是正确的,本文大意是电视上演的与现实生活是不同的。

  • 第19题:

    共用题干
    Looking to help the environment?Consider the following simple ideas.
    Turn off electrical devices when they're not being used.
    Turning off,rather than leaving on stand-by,things like your TV and computer will save huge amounts of energy. With this,we can all help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the earth's atmosphere,thereby reducing pollution and global warming.
    Share your car.
    Rather than traveling to work alone,why not arrange car-sharing with one or more of your friends or colleagues?To give you an example,if you drive a fashionable car,you will use more energy in a year than you would leaving your fridge open for seven years,or your TV on for thirty-two years!Imagine the savings if you shared your car with 2,3 or even 4 other people!
    Refuse junk mail.
    While we all complain about how much junk mail we get,we very rarely do anything about it. The mail continues to go straight from our letter-boxes into the garbage bin-with 99% of it not even opened.What can you do about this?There are various websites where you can register to receive no junk mail.As well as saving time,you'll also be doing a lot for the environment. Each year,100 million trees are used to produce junk mail. 250,000 homes could be heated with one day's supply of junk mail.
    There are many other everyday changes you can make to help the environment. They will cost you nothing,and many will actually save you money!Why not give it a try?We can all help, if we really want to.

    Even if we want to make some changes to help the environment,we can do nothing.
    A: Right
    B:Wrong
    C: Not mentioned

    答案:B
    解析:
    关闭不用的电视和电脑可以节约大量的能源。本句话和文章第一个小标题下的内容相一致:切断你家中类似电视和电脑等电器的电源,不要让它们时刻处于待用状态,这样会节省大量能源。


    和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。根据Share your car那一段中:当你驾驶着你的时髦小桥车时,你消耗的能源比打开冰箱门7年,或让电视一直开犯年所耗的能源还要多。可以推断出作者是在暗示和冰箱、电视相比,开车浪费很多能源。


    因为汽车非常浪费能源,所以我们不应该买车。该文章中并未涉及这一内容。


    99%的垃圾信件没有被打开就被扔进了垃圾箱。根据Refuse junk mail那一段的第二句话:垃圾信件还是被我们从信箱中取出然后直接扔到垃圾箱,其中99%的信件甚至从未打开过。可以推断出本句话是正确的。


    垃圾邮件的唯一缺陷就是它浪费了我们的时间。根据文章中第四段的最后两句话:这样在节省时间的同时,我们也为环保做出巨大贡献。每年都会有一亿裸树被砍伐来制造垃圾信件。可以得出本句话是错误的。


    要保护环境,我们必须要花好多的钱。本句话和文章最后一段第二句话相矛盾:这些改变其实不花费我们任何精力,其中许多还可以为我们省钱。因此是错误的。


    即使我们想做些改变去帮助改善环境,我们也无能为力。根据文章最后一句话可以得知只要我们愿意去做,我们都可以做到,本句话和文中内容矛盾,因此本句话是错误的。

  • 第20题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First , we know that all human beings have a language of some sort.There is no race(种族)of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another.Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language. Second,there is no such thing as a primitive(原始的)language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive.In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing. This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense.There are,or were, hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate.That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language. Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical features change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly.Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
    A:A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.
    B:All languages can well express their respective cultures.
    C:American Indian languages are as complex as English.
    D:Some languages are better than others.

    答案:D
    解析:
    根据第二段第一句中的“First",第三段第一句中的“second,第五段第一句中的“Athird thing",以及第六段第一句中“Finally”可知,作者主要从四个方面来淦释语言的特征。
    根据第三段最后一句可知,所有已知的语言无不经过了数万年的充分发展。
    第四段第一句中的“This”指的就是第三段所诊释的内容,再结合第三段第一句" Second , there is no such thing as a primitive language.”可知,A项正确。
    由第五段可知,A、B两项表述正确。根据第四段最后一句可知,作者认为不同的语言没有发展水平上的差别,美国的印第安语和英语一样复杂,故C项表述正确,D项表述不正确。
    根据第六段最后一句可知,词汇是所有语言中最不稳定的部分,即它最容易发生变化。

  • 第21题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
    Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
    This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
    Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
    Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are______.
    A: just as old as some well-known languages
    B: just as sophisticated as some well-known languages
    C: more developed than some well-known languages
    D: more complex than some well-known languages

    答案:B
    解析:
    作者在第二段中认为,任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是:There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…


    此题的答案来自第三段。


    作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是:They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.


    根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知,B项正确。


    词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是:Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

  • 第22题:

    共用题干
    Some Things We Know About Language
    Many things about language are a mystery,and many will always remain so.But some things we do know.
    First,we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language,no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore,in historical times,there has never been a race of men without a language.
    Second,there is no such thing as a primitive language.There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped,who are,as we say,uncivilized,but the languages they speak are not primitive .In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.
    This has not always been well understood;indeed,the direct contrary has often been stated.
    Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate.Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises.Study has proved this to be nonsense .There are,or were,hundreds of American Indian languages,and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old.They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
    A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is, each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
    Finally,we know that language changes.It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones.This is easy to understand if we look backward in time.Change goes on in all aspects of language.Grammatical teatures change as do speech sounds,and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rap-idly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

    Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
    A: A language can express many cultures.
    B: All languages can well express their respective cultures.
    C: American Indian languages are not as sophisticated as English.
    D: Some languages are better than other languages.

    答案:B
    解析:
    作者在第二段中认为,任何人种不管落后与否都有语言。文中的原句是:There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language…


    此题的答案来自第三段。


    作者列举美国印第安人的语言的目的是证明这些语言和一些著名的语言一样先进。原句是:They are certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with,but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.


    根据第五段“That is,each one… who speak the language.”可知,B项正确。


    词汇是语言中最容易发生变化的部分。文中的原句是:Vocabulary is the least stable part of any language.

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    Passage 4  [A] Don't beat yourself up if you end up falling into the habit again. Learn to forgive yourself and try again. Know that no effort is ever wasted. With every attempt you make yourself stronger.  [B] Challenge yourself to break your destructive habits. Challenge others to challenge you to break your habits. Lack of study? Tell your mother, father, brother, sister, friend, anyone, to order you to get off your computer after 10 minutes. Gaining weight. Give half of your lunch to your coworker every day.  [C] Have an addiction to television? Turn on the television and avert your eyes and watch a shelf or a book for two hours. Not only will you gain a stronger will, but you will also "feel the strength of your addiction begin to fade.  [D] Do the act at different times or for different reasons. Do not do it when you feel like it and then do it when you just don't  feel like it. The idea is to remove the mental correlation of the act with the stimulus. The act will then always be a matter of choice based on your will and nothing else.  [E] The key is not to focus on the habit. Give it no more attention than it deserves. So don't focus constantly on fighting the urge. The urge is a very natural reaction that your body and mind are trained to. Have patience while your body unlearns it slowly.  [F] For instance, if you're lazy, be lazy about your habit. Think of it as too much effort. If you're a smoker, don't keep any packs easily available. Then you'll find it easy to be too lazy to go and get one.  Have you ever angrily stuffed the last doughnut down your throat? Have you ever failed a test in school because playing games is much more important than studying? They are all attributed to the lack of self-control. What is self-control? From the perspective of behavior research, it is a set of behaviors which: Accepts the reality that tile only thing in life which you can successfully change and control is yourself; giving you a sense of personal mastery, autonomy, and competency over your own life and so on.  If you cannot gain self-control in your life, you could: Focus all your attention on trying to control, fix, or rescue other persons, places, and things and divert your attention from your own needs.  Self-control is a control issue because it is exercising moderation in your emotional reaction to life so that you are neither over-controlled nor under-controlled in the expression of your feelings and it accepts responsibility for your own actions, feelings, thoughts, and life and gives power to yourself to accept the consequences for all of these.  The most powerful factor which undermines self-control control must be the bad habits. Bad habits act like a ubiquitous spook, when you are used to something, when you are lazy from doing something etc. And more awfully, when you've got plenty of ingrained bad habits from your years in hell, then it will be hard to figure out what they are and cutting them out of your life.  The following tips are about how to build your s self-control from breaking bad habits. By following these simple steps, one can build, strengthen, and maintain one's self-control.  (1) Act on your analysis and build self-denial first.  By this time, you have recognized that you are failing school. You have delved further into the problem and noticed that you spend much of your free time doing things other than studying or doing homework. In order to build self-control, you must practice self-denial.  (2) Not merely refrain from doing something passively.  Possess a strong will and still have self-control problems? Instead of removing the subject of your desire from your presence, deliberately challenge yourself with this subject.  (3) Try and vary the rhythm.  Rhythm is gonna get you: All habits are about rhythm. They follow a pattern of stimulus and response. The trigger could be an event, emotion, or most often just time. Break the rhythm and you'll break the habit.  (4) Use those negatives to break any annoying habit.  Use any other clashing habit or negative about yourself to combat the habit. It's easier to pick up a bad habit you can afford than fight one you can't.  (5) Don't try to quit painstakingly.  In conclusion, it would be wonderful if you could control your behavior. You'd avoid overeating, alcoholism, all bad habits, procrastination, being late, impulsive comments and purchases, sinful behavior, misplaced objects and papers, rushing at the last minute, etc. Instead, you'd have good health, a beautifully exercised body, excellent work habits, an organized life, success, good social graces, good mental health, healthy attitudes, and practically a guarantee of getting into heaven. So, strive for building self-control, though difficult.

    正确答案: 1.B 第一点陈述的是要严格要求自己,首先要严格分析自己的错误并建立自我否定。选项B进一步说明如何在实践中建立自我否定。
    2.C 第二点阐述的是要积极面对自己的坏习惯,强调不应该仅仅消极地去克制坏习惯。C选项举出看电视的例子来说明这一点,注意正文中的提示性词语“deliberately challenge”。
    3.D 第三点阐述的是改变节奏来改变习惯。D选项便是进一步说明如何改变节奏。
    4.F 这一点阐述了用一些消极性的坏习惯去消除另一些更恼人的坏习惯的技巧。F举例子来说明如何用懒惰这一坏习惯去抑制抽烟这一恶习。
    5.E 第五点是阐述戒除坏习惯不能太刻意。E进一步阐述了不要将过多的精力投入到消除坏习惯本身,注意[E]选项中的提示词语。F选项有迷惑性,虽然它提到了用懒惰的方式去戒烟,但侧重的是用一个坏习惯去消除另一个坏习惯。选项A.阐述的是不能因为戒除失败便责怪自己,是对戒除失败后的鼓励,角度不同。
    解析: 暂无解析