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Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that the villagers sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.
63. The purpose that the writer wrote this article for is ____ .
A. to tell people that trees are very useful to man
B. to warn people not to cut down trees any more
C. to warn that man mustn"t destroy forests any more
D. to explain how trees help to prevent drought and floods
64. In the writer"s opinion, ____ , or the forests slowly disappear.
A. measure must be taken B. people shouldn"t draw benefit from the tree
C. government must realize the serious results D. unless trees never be cut down
65. According to the article we know it is ____ to prevent the forests from slowly disappearing.
A. necessary but impossible B. necessary but difficult
C. impossible and unimportant D. difficult and impossible
66. In the last two paragraphs the writer wanted to make it clear that ____ .
A. where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor
B. where there are many trees, there are fewer floods
C. where there are no trees, the land might become desert slowly
D. floods will make the land become desert
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解析
Passage C 本文反映了乱砍乱伐树木所带来的危害,旨在告诫人们不要乱砍乱伐。
63.C。本题为主旨大意题。由全文来看,作者没把重点放在说明树的用途上,而是通过人们破坏树木所带来的危害,告诉大家不要再破坏森林了。
64.A。本题为推理判断题。作者并非不让人们砍伐树木和从中受益,而是希望政府能采取一定的措施来加以限制。
65.B。本题为推理判断题。由短文第一段可推知答案。
66.C。本题为推理判断题。这两段的首句便告诉读者没有了树木的后果。
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试题【 Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wo】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Coketown was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but in fact it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of savage(野人). It was a town of machinery and tall chimney, out of which smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill smelling color, and large piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the steam-engine worked up and down like the head of an elephant in a state of madness. The town contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another.
A sunny midsummer day. There was such a thing sometimes even in Coketown. Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay covered in a smoke of its own. You only knew the town was there, because you knew there could have been no such a place upon the view without a town.
The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day, and the sun was so bright that it even shone through the smoke over Coketown, and could not be looked at steadily. Workers appeared from low underground doorways into factory yards, and sat on steps, wiping their face sand looking at coals. The whole town seemed to be frying in oil. There was a smell of hot oil everywhere. The atmosphere of those places was like the breath of hell(地狱), and their inhabitants wasting with heat, walked lazily in the desert. But no temperature made the mad elephants more mad or more sane(理智的). Their tiresome heads went up and down at the sane rate, in hot weather and in cold, wet weather and dry. The measured movement of their shadows of wood; while for the summer noise of insects, it could offer all the year round, from the dawn of Monday to the night of Saturday.
67. Which of the following words is NOT properly used to describe Coketown ?
A. unpleasant B. dirty C. noisy D. deserted
68. From the passage we know that Coketown was mainly a(n)_____town.
A. industrial B. agricultural C. historical D. cultural
69. Only _____ were not affected by weather.
A. the workmen B. the habitants C. the steam-engines D. the woods
70. Which is the author’s opinion of Coketown?
A. Coketown should be replaced by woods B. The town had too much oil in it
C. The town was seriously polluted D. The town’s atmosphere was unchanged
Washington — The largest ozone (臭氧)hole ever observed has opened up over Antarctica, according to the scientists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They believe it is a sign that ozone — destroying gases produced years ago are just now causing the largest quantities of ozone to disappear.
This year’s South Pole ozone hole spreads over about 28.5 million square kilometers, an area three times larger than the landmass of the United States.
Pictures of the hole have been offered by NASA. The hole appears as a giant blue mass, totally covering Antarctica and stretching to the southern tip of South America.
“The last time the ozone hole was close to this size was in 1998, when it spread over about 27.2 million square kilometers,” NASA said.
Paul Newman, who works with NASA’s Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument on a NASA satellite, said ozone watchers had expected a big hole this year, but not this big.
The Antarctica ozone hole, first observed in 1985, is caused by the depletion (损耗) of Earth protecting ozone by human-made chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons, known as CFCs.
“Even though these chemicals were not allowed to use from the beginning of 1987, they remain in the atmosphere and will continue to do so for years,” Newman said.
“This year’s large hole may have been caused by a change in a swirling high-level air current over Antarctica, which circles the area and contains the zone hole,” Newman said.
56. The text is mainly about ____ .
A. the discovery of the largest ozone hole B. the discovery of the Antarctica ozone hole
C. the history of the Antarctica ozone hole D. the size of the largest ozone hole
57. The time 1985 was talked about in the text because it was when the Antarctica ozone hole ____ .
A. was watched by Newman B. was first closed C. disappeared D. was first watched
58. There is a giant ozone hole over Antarctica because ____ over there.
A. human-made chemicals have protected ozone B. ozone has protected the earth
C. human-made chemicals have destroyed ozone D. human-made chemicals have increased ozone
Brittnie, 10, laughed. Her mom cried.
They live at the Salvation Army Door of Hope, a living center for homeless women and their children. Photojournalist Linda Solomon met them in August when she came to the facility and taught boys and girls, ages three-and-a-half to 13, how to take pictures. She gave them all disposable cameras and told them to capture images that reflected their dreams. The children"s images - a big house, a church, a playground, a backyard and more - are kept. This is a project called“Pictures of Hope" organized by the Salvation Army
"I wish to go to college, so I took a picture of the sign out in front of San Diego State University," Brittnie said last month. The Fletcher Elementary School fifth-grader was pointing to the Christmas card bearing her photograph.
Adrienne Finley, development director at the Salvation Army, hosted a reception for Solomon, who told Finley about the president of a small university who gave a child the scholarship she dreamed of last year.
Finley called his old friend, Herrick, who serves as the SDSU President. "We have a wonderful opportunity here to make a difference in a little girl"s life," Finley said. Soon her mom and Brittnie were face to face with SDSU President Jim Herrick.
"You must be Brittnie," he said, reaching out to shake her hand. She quickly pulled her hands out of the pockets of the new SDSU sweatshirt she had been given that morning.
They sat down at a table in his office and talked about college, about science, about her love of math and his hope that she and other girls wouldn"t lose interest in those subjects, as happens to many girls as they grow older.
Then they talked about how much discipline she would need over the next eight years to make her dream come true. Both signed the paper outlining their agreement to the terms of the scholarship. Back outside on the sunny campus, Brittnie admitted she"s tempted sometimes not to do her homework. "But not anymore," she said.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, we can know that________.
A.it is certain that Brittnie will be admitted into SDSU |
B.Brittnie will not need to pay for her university education if she can study in SDSU. |
C.Jim Herrick promised Brittnie’s mother to offer her a job in SDSU. |
D.Brittnie made a promise that she would never give up her dream. . |
A.recruit young men and young women to help others |
B.provide shelters for homeless moms and their children |
C.carry out some projects to help those who are in trouble |
D.help homeless people no matter who they are |
A. Linda Solomon taught children photography to inspire them.
B. Children told people about their dreams through their pictures.
C. Brittnie took a picture standing at the gate of SDSC.
D. Brittnie’s picture was so good that it was printed on a Christmas card.
小题4:From what Ferrick said to Brittnie, we can infer that_______.
A.Ferrick has a strong belief that Brittnie will be a scientist in the future. |
B.Brittnie, as well as some other girls, is interested in both science and math. |
C.some girls would not be so good in science and math as boys as they grow older. |
D.Brittnie will never lose interest in science because of her deep love |
the agreement about the scholarship ?
A.Encouraged | B.Calm | C.Nervous | D.Proud |
If there"s a woman’s trait(特点) which is the same as men’s aggressiveness, it"s what social scientists refer to as the result of "education". Feminists have argued that the caring nature of women is not biological in origin, but rather has been forced into women by a society that wanted to keep them in the home. But the signs that it is at least partly inborn are too numerous to ignore. Just as tiny infant girls respond more readily to human faces, female toddlers(学步者) learn much faster than males how to pick up nonverbal cues(非言语暗示) from others. And grown women are far more skilful than men at interpreting facial expressions: A recent study by University of Pennsylvania brain researcher Ruben Gur showed that they easily read emotions such as anger, sadness and fear. The only such emotion men could pick up was disgust.
What difference do such differences make in the real world? Among other things, women appear to be somewhat less competitive--or at least competitive in different ways--than men. At the Harvard Law School, for instance, female students enter with qualities just as outstanding as those of their male peers. But they don" t qualify for the well-known Law Review in proper numbers, a fact some school officials owe to women" s discomfort in the incredibly competitive atmosphere.
Students of management styles have found fewer differences than they expected between men and women who reach leadership positions, perhaps because many successful women deliberately imitate men. But an analysis by Purdue social psychologist Alice Eagly of 166 studies of leadership style did find one difference: Men tend to be more “autocratic”-making decisions on their own--while women tend to consult colleagues more often. Studies of behavior in small groups turn up even more differences. Men will typically dominate the discussion, says University of Toronto psychologist Kenneth Dion, spending more time talking and less time listening.
小题1:The passage mainly discusses__________.
A.how sex differences are demonstrated in social relations | B.how hormone determines sex differences | C.why there are differences between males and females | D.why men and women have different social roles |
A.It is not inborn in any sense. |
B.It is inspired by women’s families. |
C.It is caused by social prejudice. |
D.It is partly biological in origin. |
A.women are not as competitive as men |
B.law is not the fight profession for women |
C.women are as excellent as men when they are young |
D.academic qualities are not equal to performance |
A.Men leaders should consult colleagues and subordinates more often. |
B.Female leaders" success is due to their imitating male leaders. |
C.Men and women are different in their leadership style. |
D.Decisiveness is an important quality for a successful politician. |
A.denies the difference sexes make in real life |
B.is prejudiced against men |
C.discourages women to be competitive |
D.treats sex difference objectively |
My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years’ teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.
In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.
With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there’s the “thousand-talent scheme”: this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign-trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China’s research environment. It"s hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.
At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It’s about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It’s not that simple.
小题1:Why does the author feel disappointed at his students?
A.Because there is one group presenting a catering service. |
B.Because the six groups made projects for restaurant chains. |
C.Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic. |
D.Because the students’ ideas were lacking in creativeness. |
A.Papers were often downloaded from the Internet. |
B.Students often said that copying is a preferable business strategy. |
C.Students combine knowledge and critical thoughts to solve a problem. |
D.Case study debates were written up as well as recited. |
A.timetable | B.theme | C.project | D.policy |
A.China can make and sell any product all over the world |
B.high pay may not solve the problem of China’s research environment |
C.cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand |
D.the new government program are aimed at encouraging imagination |
A.Look for a New Way of Learning | B.Reward Creative Thinking |
C.How to Become a Creator | D.Establish a technical Environment |
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