题目
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I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. "The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people"s wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves（奴隶）."
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time. Certain men were very clever at measuring（量） the time of clay according to the beating of their own hearts. They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout tire time. So it seems that the first clocks were human beings.
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable（可靠的） ways of telling the time. They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun. They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour- glasses, and invented water-clocks. Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home. After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit（收益）?
小题1:According to the passage, collecting antique clocks____.
| A．can hardly keep the value of your savings |
| B．will cost much of your savings |
| C．may increase your wealth |
| D．needs your bravery |
| A．suggest human beings are controlled by a clock |
| B．describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth |
| C．tell readers what clocks look like |
| D．compare chocks to human beings |
| A．Counting the beating of one"s own heart. |
| B．Making use of candles, sand and water. |
| C．Observing shadows cast by the sun. |
| D．Keeping slaves busy day and night. |
| A．state-owned houses |
| B．houses in very good condition |
| C．grand houses open to the public |
| D．houses where statesmen meet regularly |
| A．to introduce the culture of antique clocks |
| B．to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks |
| C．to compare different ways to make a future profit |
| D．to explain convenient and reliable ways of telling time |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
解析
试题分析：对于通货膨胀的今天，如何进行投资？放入银行将难以保持其价值。只有有钱的人，勇敢的人才会进入股票市场。今天看来，一个最好的方法来保护你的储蓄，甚至可能增加你的财富。那就是收集古董，我要对收集古董钟表提出一些意见。
小题1:细节理解题。问题：根据短文，收集古董钟表可能会如何？分析原文：Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past. 句意：今天，购买古董是保护你资金，甚至提高你的物品价值。结合选项第二项符合。故选C
小题2:细节理解题。问题：通过引用来自另一个星球的话语，作者打算做什么？分析原文的中心句：After all, if you are going to be ruled by time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit（收益）?句意：毕竟，如果你是要被时间统治，为什么不投资于古钟，或许未来有收益？通过点题，说明作者建议人们被钟表控制。故选 A
小题3:细节理解题。问题： 作为一种方法来测量时间，下列哪一项是没有提到？分析原文提到了三种计量时间的方法，第一种测量自己的心跳；第二种是利用太阳产生的阴影；第三种是水钟的发明。因此只有第四项（让奴隶日夜忙碌）是不能测量出时间的。故选D
小题4:细节理解题。问题： 在第四自然段中，划线词组的意思是什么？分析原文：Indeed, any serious student of antique should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past.句意：事实上，任何喜欢古董严重的学生应该花尽可能多的时间参观宫殿，豪宅和博物馆看到最好的钟表代表。联系实际一定是很好的住宅，结合选项只有第四项（政治家们经常见面的房子，表示很好的住宅。）符合题意。故选C
小题5:细节理解题。问题：短文的中心思想是什么？通过阅读全文，作者主要是建议在通货膨胀的今天，选择收集古董钟表投资是好的方式。因此在短文中提到了许多的具体建议。故选B
核心考点
试题【How should one invest a sum of money in these clays of inflation (通货膨胀)? Left in】；主要考察你对日常生活类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
I looked across at the others: shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering different prices. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to consider Z and possibly H at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with: first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model.
But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps (陷阱) by making the right choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The salesgirl seemed a kind girl. So I let her take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers... and when she started to introduce the special features, I cut in to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well.
Why do we think that new choices still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer a chance to avoid facing the fact that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine.
小题1:The salesgirl insisted that the writer should ______.
| A．try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it |
| B．compare the camera he had chosen with the others |
| C．get more information about different companies |
| D．trust her and stop asking questions |
| A．The camera was not good. |
| B．He should get a lower price. |
| C．The camera would soon fall in value. |
| D．The price of the camera was too high. |
| A．knew very little about it |
| B．didn’t trust the salesgirl any more |
| C．wanted to make sure he chose the best one |
| D．wanted to take pictures of his fellow shoppers |
| A．salespersons are not always very kind |
| B．people waste too much money on cameras |
| C．cameras have become an important part of our daily life |
| D．we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product |
Some like reading newspapers and o________小题1: enjoy novels or comic(喜剧的) books. My favourite books are t________小题2:about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life b_________小题3:.
Great people are r__________小题4: not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w__________小题5: their lives were difficult. They tried to use every chance to change their lives and make the world better.
One good e__________小题6:is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers invented the airplane. The plane has made the world into a small v__________小题7:. Hard work, not good luck, is the r________小题8: why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes fly in the sky.
W__________小题9: I read something about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they e__________小题10: me to march on. This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s l________小题11:.
For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always interested in my life-how my family was doing. The calls even came when he and my mother were in Australia, England or Florida.
Nine years ago when I bought me first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked, was a glass of iced tea, and that I hold a paintbrush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy, for I had a law practice to run, and I could not take the time to hold the paintbrush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my 71-year-old father spent five hours putting together a swing set（秋千）for my daughter. Again, all he asked was that I get him a glass of iced tea, and talk to him, But again, I had laundry to do, and the house to clean.
The morning on Sunday, January 16, 1995, my father telephoned me as usual, this time he had seemed to have forgotten some things we had discussed the week before. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 am. That day my father was sent to hospital in Florida. I got on a plane immediately, and I vowed（发誓）that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him ad really get to know him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.
In the years since his death I have learnt much about my father, and even more about every single day.
小题1: We know from the reading that the father_____.
| A．liked to paint houses |
| B．had no friends around him |
| C．was not healthy in his youth |
| D．thought of his family as his all |
| A．could only afford a glass of iced tea |
| B．was too busy to talk to her father |
| C．could do nothing but hold a paintbrush |
| D．spent eight hours a day working with her father |
| A．seemed to be a little different |
| B．had no time to phone her as usual |
| C．became interested in church |
| D．had forgotten to discuss some things with her |
| A．get him to know her | B．know more about him |
| C．get him to know himself | D．make him well-known |
| A．Painting Houses | B．Daughter’s Family |
| C．Father and I | D．Father’s phone calls |
Most Americans only give a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Talking about their day with all the family is a great way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants is also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while . Very often you can hear people talking and laughing , and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. If someone is talking too loudly at table, the manager of the restaurant may and ask them to be quiet. After dinner, it’s thought quite rude if you leave you finish eating. You are expected to stay and around the dinner table.
So if you want to be , there’s an English saying, “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”
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Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.
小题1:Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?
| A．Because she wanted to sleep. |
| B．Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. |
| C．Because it’s easy to see the elephants. |
| D．Because it’s very comfortable. |
| A．By making good preparation. |
| B．By going into the forest at night. |
| C．By walking around the holes. |
| D．By going to the nearest lake. |
| A．The successful rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. |
| B．Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice. |
| C．To take good wildlife photos is not difficult. |
| D．It’s hard to take good wildlife photos. |
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