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Have you ever seen people dance? Some dances are fast and others are slow. People’s feet always move when they dance. They keep on moving until the music stops.
People have enjoyed dancing for a very long time. This story is of a different kind of dance. It is a dance without people or music. Yet this dance is one of the oldest in the world. It is the dance of bees.
If you have ever watched bees, you know that they are very clever. They also work hard looking for food and bringing it back to their home.
The home of the bees is called a bee hive. Here hundreds even thousand of bees live. They work day and night building small walls. There they make their honey. This is the same honey that we eat.
Where does the honey come from? Bees live on food from flowers. Have you seen bees flying around a flower garden? When a bee rests on a flower, it tries to go to the centre of it. There it takes in as much food as its body can hold. Then it flies to take the food back to the hive.
At the hive, bees change flower food into honey. Then they fly away for more food.
How do the bees know where to find the best food in the sweetest flowers? One bee acts as a guide. When it discovers good flowers, it flies back to the hive and tells the others. It does this by dancing for them.
The bee dances on one side. This tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers. But that is not all. The bee dances for some time. And the length of its dance tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.
When the bees see the dance, they know where the flowers are. They fly away and return with more food for the hive.
Sometimes we hear the music of the bees as they fly around. But few people have ever seen them dance. Yet without that dance we might never have sweet honey to eat.
1. The writer believes that_________.
A. people dance better than bees
B. people learned dance from bees
C. bees dance more often than people
D. bees don’t like music
2. From this passage we know that the dance of bees means_______.
A. They are good at dancing
B. they want to show their beauty
C. they communicate with each other
D. they have nothing to do
3. Which of the following is true?
A. People get honey from flowers directly.
B. People draw honey from bees’ bodies.
C. People produce honey in a secret place.
D. People get honey from bees indirectly.
4. What character do bees have?
A. dance-loving           B. hard-working        C. music-loving        D. active
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
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试题【Have you ever seen people dance? Some dances are fast and others are slow. Peopl】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Ⅴ.补全对话(每小题1分,共5分)
根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(E涂AB,F涂AC,G涂AD)
W: Good morning. Is that 8089932?
M:    56    
W: This is Maria Smith calling from the Packaging Company.    57    
M: Speaking.
W: We’ve got your job application and I’m calling to arrange an interview with you.
M:    58   When will it be?
W:    59   Would that be all right?
M:     60   
W: So we look forward to seeing you then. Bye-bye.
M: Bye. Thanks for calling.
A. That’s good.
B. How about Monday morning at 10:00?
C. It suits me fine.
D. Could I speak to Mr Richard Baylor?
E. Yes?
F. Who are you?
G. It doesn’t matter.
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The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.
Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct(灭绝的)elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The life of Charles Willson Peale.                  B. Portraits in the 18th century.
C. The Peale Museum.                                      D. A family of artists.
2. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.
A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike
B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work
C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale
D. the painting of the two brothers was very large
3. The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.
A. showed            B. dug up          C. invented               D. looked over
4. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A. Titian Peale.   B. Rubens Peale. C. Raphaelle Peale.     D. Sarah Miriam Peale.
5. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.
A. puzzled            B. excited           C. admiring                D. disappointed
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I don"t think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap(打盹,小睡)after dinner. If you didn"t sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn"t nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working in your system when you get up in the morning. This helps account for the fact that you feel tired all day. You should get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity - a sport such as bowling, perhaps. Or get together with friends for an evening of cards and conversation. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier, and you should be able to get a good nights rest without taking a pill.
  If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch television or do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a few hours"sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill. The next night you will be ready to sleep at an earlier hour.
  The most important thing is to avoid taking that nap right after dinner and avoid taking pills.
1. According to the writer, it is difficult for you to go to sleep because     .
  A. you get the habit of staying up late      B. you haven"t taken sleeping pills
  C. you sleep for hours after dinner         D. you fail to do some exercises
2. Which of the following is NOT true if you want to get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening?
A. Go to bed earlier than usual.    B. Talk with friends after dinner.
C. Stay with friends after dinner.    D. Do some physical labor. 
3. You feel tired all day probably because     .
A. you stay up too late    B. you get up too early in the morning
C. you take sleeping pills   D. you wake up too frequently at night
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage
A. You mustn"t take sleeping pills in order to get a good night"s sleep.
B. You should stay up if you want to sleep effectively.
C. Food is necessary at night if you fail to go to sleep.
D. It is very important to get out of the habit of taking a nap after dinner.
5. We may infer that the author is most probably a     .
A. doctor   B. scientist   C.  reporter   D. professor
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第三节:阅读(满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tug-of –war is not only popular in China, but in many other countries. Their tug-of-war match is a little different from ours. They have eight men for each team, while we may have the match between two sides with equal men or women players. Of course, they are usually tall, strong and heavy.
For a tug-of-war match, we need a long thick rope. Each team stands at one end of the rope, holding it. Then they try to pull the center of the rope, marked in the ground towards each of their own sides. The team which succeeds in pulling the center of the rope away through a certain distance is the winner.
Many foreign sports experts think we don’t have to be tall, heavy and strong to play tug-of-war. We don’t have endless energy, for a match lasts only a few minutes. The secret is good hands. The players must have big strong, hard hands. Before they start the match they put mixture of oil and petrol on their hands so they can hold the rope better.
Many foreign experts say the best hand for tug-of-war belong to the sons of farmers. This is because they have to work hard when they are still very young. Farming is a good practice for this sport!
1.In our country tug-of-war ______.
A.is not very popular   B.is not so popular as in foreign countries
C.is only a men’s game  D.is not only played by men but also by women
2.In foreign countries a tug-of-war team __________.
A.has eight men or women players
B.has men players equal in number to the other side
C.has eight men players
D.is formed in the same way as in our country
3.Tug-of-war is a match in which who __________ are winners.
A.pulled the rope to their side farther
B.made the center near to their own side
C.succeeded in pulling the center of the rope in their direction
D.made the center of the rope pass through a certain length nearer to their side
4.The foreign experts think a good tug-of-war player must _________.
A.have lasting energy  B.have big, strong and hard hands
C.do farm work          D.be tall, heavy and strong
5.Which of the following is not true?
A.In foreign countries women take part in tug-of-war.
B.In foreign countries a tug-of-war match has 16 players.
C.In order to hold the rope better, many players put a mixture of oil and petrol on their hands.
D.The sons of farmers are thought to be the best tug-of-war players.
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Glynis Davis:
I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.
Roz Jumab:
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more. I’ve learnt to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super thin body. This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it.
Lesley Codwin:
I was very happy at winning Young Slimmer of the year. I’d look into the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.
Ros Landfod:
Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet…I’m really good on a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate—my weakness. I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older.
1.What do you think the four women were all talking about?
A.Their own slimming matter.      B.Their life after marriage.
C.Their work as a housewife.       D.Different diets they prefer.
2.Where are these short passage most likely to be taken from?
A.Talks on the air.       B.Advertisements on the wall.
C.Book in a library.      D.Magazines for housewives.
3.What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean?
A.The coach in the slimming club.B.Some tool to measure weight.
C.Glynis Davis’ dear husband.    D.The salesperson in a food shop.
4.What can we infer from Roz Jumab’s words?
A.Losing weight is a painful process which is unbearable.
B.Being thin can also be harmful.
C.It is necessary to force ourselves to lose weight.
D.We should learn to live comfortably with the way we look.
5.Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s attitudes towards slimming?
1.Glynis Davis    2.Roz Jumab   3.Lesley Codwinc   4.Ros Langfodd
a.I put on weight soon after I got married. b.Fame doesn’t necessarily mean success.
c.Facts speak much louder than words.  d.I like myself as I am, and to be what you are.
A.1- a; 2 – d; 3 – b; 4 – c        B.1 – c; 2 – b; 3 – d; 4 – a
C.1 – c; 2 – d; 3 – b; 4 – a        D.1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – c; 4 –d
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