My bike was a three-speed English “racer”, purchased during my second year in college in November 1964 for $44. Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time, but I had to get my mother to help me out a little. At that time, bikes were rare on a college campus. My reason for getting a bicycle was a little strange. A friend of mine convinced me to take a summer job selling door-to-door and suggested that I should use a bicycle to travel between houses. The job didn’t work out, but the idea was in my brain.
That fall, I borrowed another student’s bike and rode 45 miles on the first day, but his bike soon had a flat(瘪了的轮胎) which he didn’t like fixing. So I had to buy one. I immediately started using mine almost every day. Before getting the bike, I sometimes walked 28 miles to my parents’ house. Now the bike gave me a quicker method, but my first trip took four hours due to strong headwinds that had me fight for every foot. Once I made a trip of 100 miles in one day. I decided to use the bike to go camping in the Smokies. During the trip, I recognized the need for handlebars and more gears, so I bought a ten-speed after just one year though I loved this bike.
The first bike “hung around” for a couple of years, and then I gave it to my sister’s kids who let it become part of their lives.
小题1:What can we learn from the passage?| A．His mother gave him some money when he bought the first bike. | | B．The first bike was a gift from his mother. | | C．He bought the first bike for racing. | | D．He wanted to buy a bike because all his classmates had one. |
小题2:We can infer that besides studying at college the writer ____.| A．often helped his friend do business | | B．also worked in a factory | | C．had part-time jobs in his spare time | | D．had to make money to pay for his tuition |
小题3:The underlined phrase “the idea” in the first paragraph refers to “____”.| A．selling door-to-door | | B．buying a bike of his own | | C．borrowing a bike from others | | D．earning money by working |
小题4:According to the passage, we can learn that the first bike was ____ for him.| A．unnecessary | B．very useful | | C．a lifelong tool | D．too troublesome |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
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本文讲述了我买第一辆自行车的经历。
小题1:A细节题。根据Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time, but I had to get my mother to help me out a little.可知妈妈给了一些。
小题2:C 推断题。根据Most of the money was earned by myself in my spare time,可知，他买自行车就是为了做业余工作方便。
小题3:B 猜词题。根据第一段结尾可知，朋友所说的工作没实现，但一见它却被我记住了。
小题4:B推断题。根据第二段可知，自行车为我做了很多事情。 |
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For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping watching TV and buying things by phone. (66) In a number of Europe countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.
(67) For example, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 Europe countries, and in one year it made $100 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through those channels.
In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. (68)
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason, but at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping. (69) Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
(70) They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.| A．Now teleshopping is starting in European | | B．They call teleshopping “ Junk on the air” | | C．Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden | | D．German businesses are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things |
E. The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.
F. Teleshopping is popular among people.
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I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. It was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was 16 to my daughter’s school. Our plan was to go 17 together. I’d stopped at a 18 to get some fresh fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat 19 our swim. I was driving along a high road on the way. 20 my road was another road which was built like a 21 . I was hungry so I put the bag of apples 22 me and started to eat one. 23 I saw the cars in front of me start to 24 from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had 25 wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I 26 the car and at the same moment the road 27 onto the cars in front of me. I found myself in the __28 . I couldn’t move. My legs and feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All round me was 29 But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been 30 an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of 31 , so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people 32 towards me. A team of people had come to 33 if anyone was under the 34 road. I called out, “I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to my car. “How are you 35 ?”He asked. “Not too bad,”I said. They didn’t get me out until the next morning.
| 小题1: | | A．driving | B．leading | C．walking | D．running |
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| 小题2: | | A．shopping | B．dancing | C．swimming | D．sightseeing |
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| 小题3: | | A．farm | B．shop | C．park | D．school |
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| 小题4: | | A．after | B．during | C．since | D．once |
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| 小题5: | | A．Under | B．Along | C．Over | D．Beside |
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| 小题6: | | A．bridge | B．roof | C．cover | D．top |
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| 小题7: | | A．under | B．along | C．inside | D．beside |
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| 小题8: | | A．Finally | B．Actually | C．Suddenly | D．Slowly |
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| 小题9: | | A．move | B．roll | C．burst | D．jump |
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| 小题10: | | A．been | B．broken | C．gone | D．done |
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| 小题11: | | A．parked | B．started | C．moved | D．stopped |
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| 小题13: | | A．dark | B．afternoon | C．sun | D．car |
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| 小题14: | | A．noisy | B．dusty | C．quiet | D．blood |
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| 小题16: | | A．food | B．sandwiches | C．apples | D．bread |
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| 小题17: | | A．climbing | B．shouting | C．moving | D．driving |
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| 小题18: | | A．know | B．tell | C．understand | D．see |
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| 小题19: | | A．falling | B．broken | C．breaking | D．dirty |
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| 小题20: | | A．sleeping | B．feeling | C．eating | D．going |
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When Ben Franklin was very only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?” and “How?” and “Why?”
They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know.
When they couldn’t tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, “That’s Ben Franklin! He’s always finding out something new! ”
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.
One day Ben said to himself, “Why can’t the wind help me float across the water? And I’m going to try.” Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all.
One boy shouted, “Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”
“Yes”, said another. “He’s always finding new ways to do things.”
小题1:When he was only a child, Ben _____.| A．liked to fly a kite by himself | | B．always asked easy questions | | C．always liked to play with water | | D．always liked to find out how things worked |
小题2:His father and brothers _____.| A．couldn’t answer all his questions | | B．could answer all his questions | | C．tried hard to find out something new for him | | D．were too busy to answer his questions |
小题3:How did Ben Franklin float across the water?| A．The other boy took him across it. | | B．The water carried him across it. | | C．The flying kite took him across it. | | D．A boat took him across it. |
小题4:He found out many things that ____.| A．children didn’t know | | B．his father and brothers knew | | C．people didn’t know | | D．most people knew |
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GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.
But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae(藻类) outbreak in Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents(居民), water from the city’s taps became dark and smelly.
“I can’t believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,”said Ｇu.
The lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor(磷)in the water.
“High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,”said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. “However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.”
Taihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, whichsprang up in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded(外资的) companies joined in. The industries prospered(繁荣)，Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.
But that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump(垃圾堆)，with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage(污水)into it.
Although, after the government"s effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis（危机）rang a bell for the government and local people.“It"s time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,”said Gu.
“A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.” said China Daily.
小题1:The following can help the blue green algae grow______| A．high water temperature | | B．rich chemicals in the water | | C．a lack of rain | | D．plentiful water and sunshine |
小题2:What can we learn from the passage?A．The one-week disaster has made the local people realize the importance of building a
beautiful city. | | B．It is human activity rather than the algae that is to blame for the water pollution. | | C．Only when the environment is safe and friendly can man live a better and healthier life. | | D．Environment should be taken into consideration first if a city plans to develop its economic. |
小题3:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．Who is to blame, man or algae? | | B．Water turned off | | C．Water pollution troubled Wuxi | | D．Algae threatened Taihu Lake |
小题4:According to the passage ,Taihu Lake________| A．is the third largest lake in China. | | B．is surrounded by many foreign-funded factories and companies. | | C．used to be a waste dump. | | D．suffered from industrial waste，untreated sewage and algae. |
小题5:The underlined phrase “sprang up” in the sixth paragraph means______| A．develop quickly | B．produce goods quickly | | C．come to life | D．grow up |
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I will never forget what happened to me that day. That afternoon，I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 16 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 17 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 18 in front of him, which he was 19 to read, but I could 20 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 21 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 22 way in which the waiter and I 23 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 24 went on and it became 25 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 26 . When he came out, he paid his bill and 27 without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 28 . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He 29 you here because he thought you were the man he 30 . ” “What?” I said, showing my 31 . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 32 say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 33 ”. “Well, it’s really 34 I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “ 35 , I might have been in trouble. ”
| 小题1: | | A．noticed | B．understood | C．knew | D．recognized |
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| 小题2: | | A．since | B．as if | C．though | D．even if |
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| 小题3: | | A．flat | B．open | C．cut | D．fixed |
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| 小题4: | | A．pretending | B．thinking | C．hoping | D．continuing |
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| 小题5: | | A．guess | B．find | C．see | D．learn |
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| 小题6: | | A．menu | B．bill | C．paper | D．food |
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| 小题7: | | A．direct | B．funny | C．strange | D．familiar |
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| 小题8: | | A．chatted with | B．looked at | C．laughed at | D．talked about |
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| 小题9: | | A．the waiter | B．the dinner | C．I | D．time |
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| 小题10: | | A．clear | B．hopeful | C．true | D．possible |
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| 小题11: | | A．restaurant | B．washroom | C．office | D．kitchen |
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| 小题12: | | A．sat down | B．acted | C．left | D．calmed down |
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| 小题13: | | A．wanted | B．tried | C．ordered | D．wished |
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| 小题14: | | A．followed | B．caught | C．met | D．discovered |
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| 小题15: | | A．was to beat | B．was dealing with | C．was to meet | D．was looking for |
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| 小题16: | | A．care | B．surprise | C．worry | D．regret |
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| 小题18: | | A．discovery | B．fortune | C．decision | D．mistake |
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| 小题19: | | A．a pity | B．natural | C．a chance | D．lucky |
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| 小题20: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | C．Thus | D．Therefore |
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