Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a brightblue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don"t come at all. “That water kills people，” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neibourhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it.
There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litres—less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that day—two or three buckets" worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn"t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it"s cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi"s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.
小题1:The underlined word “slum” most likely means________. | A．a village | | B．a small town | | C．an area of a town with badlybuilt, overcrowded buildings | | D．the part of a town that lacks water badly |
小题2:Sometimes the water tanker doesn"t come because________.| A．the weather is bad | | B．there is no electricity | | C．there is no water | | D．people don"t want the dirty water |
小题3:A person needs at least________litres of water a day.| A．a hundred | B．four hundred | | C．forty | D．fifty |
小题4:Which of the following statements is WRONG?| A．A hundred litres of water a day is enough for Shoba"s family. | | B．Americans uses the largest amount of water each day. | | C．In Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water. | | D．Shoba has a family of seven people. |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A |
小题1:答案 C [词义猜测题。 A、B、D可以指贫穷地区，也可以指富裕地区，但根据第1段的第2句及第2段的最后一句可以知道slum指的更可能是贫穷地区，C选项比较接近这个意思，因此应该是最佳答案。]
小题2:答案 B [细节理解题。根据第1段的On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don"t come at all.可知选B。]
小题3:答案 D [细节理解题。根据第2段的“...but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres”可知选D。]
小题4:答案 A [推理判断题。根据第2段的Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn"t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon.可以判断A选项不符合文意，而其他选项均可在文中找到支持信息。] |
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For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened.
By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead, Fifi wasn"t a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.
Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?
We didn"t always. Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint"s(基督徒的)day on which the storm occurred. Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.
Meteorologists (气象学家) then tried naming storms after the latitude (纬度) and longitude (经度) where they occurred.
Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people"s names —specifically, female names. Male names were added in 1979.
There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”( 热带风暴)．
Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y ，Z. the names alternate (交替)between male and female.
A storm won"t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm. At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it"s declared a hurricane.
The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific.
So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It"s happened before. The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.
Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida. He is in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.
He doesn"t do it alone, though. His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can find that ________.| A．Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi | | B．Honduras is a country which has no mountains | | C．Honduras is a country which faces the ocean | | D．Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．There were no hurricanes two centuries ago. | | B．The Caribbean is a state of the United States. | | C．The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often. | | D．Fifi was formed off the Pacific. |
小题3:The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows，________. | A．are set for use. | | B．are all from American English | | C．are difficult to spell | | D．are easy to fix |
小题4:The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________.| A．citizens holding the same opinion | | B．people with a similar position or function | | C．passengers traveling by sea | | D．assistants working abroad |
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When first entered, Vanak Restaurant does not look like much of a restaurant, but once the pleasant smells of kabob (烤肉串)hit the senses, you are incapable of calling it anything less.
Owned by a local couple, this Persian restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere that many restaurants lack.
The space is small with only a few dining tables and nearly no decoration, but the environment is truly charming.
Lying in a hardly noticeable street corner, the restaurant still attracts all customer especially those experienced in the delights of Middle Eastern cooking.
A common sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai, an reading local Persian newspapers all the while trying to finish off their plates piled with food.
The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but the amount of each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordably but practical as well.
The food, especially appeals to healthconscious eaters because each dish is very healthy, made with limited fat and oil and served straight off the grill(烤肉架)．
The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different style of grilled meat.
One delicious and extremely healthy dish is the Joojeh Kabob, which is made of grille chicken pieces served with either rice or bread. Another great kabob is the Chelo Kabob, kabob consisting of grilled beef.
Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a plan that should not be overlooked.
小题1:When first entering the restaurant，one can find that it________.| A．is splendidly decorated | | B．has pleasant smells of kabobs | | C．is crowded with dining table | | D．looks like a common restaurant |
小题2: What activity is also mentioned apart from dining in the restaurant?| A．Watching news events on TV. | | B．Drinking a kind of black coffee. | | C．Reading local English newspaper. | | D．Discussing world topics in low voices. |
小题3:The food of the restaurant_________.| A．is served in small amounts | B．is rather expensive | | C．is rich in variety | D．is very healthy |
小题4:What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of?| A．Rice. | B．Chicken. | C．Bread. | D．Beef. |
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Having finished her homework，Ma Li wants some music for relaxation(娱乐)．As usual，she starts her computer and goes to Baidu.Come to download music files.But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs"copyright bursts onto the screen.The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright.Lawsuits(诉讼)have been filed against four websites offering free downloads.In September 2005, a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation(赔偿)for their losses.Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website.This caused a heated discussion on Internet file sharing.
“Baidu"s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying.Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines，”said an official.
Like many teens，Huang Ruoru，an 18yearold girl from Puning in Guangdong Province，doesn"t think that getting music from websites is wrong.She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends.When told about the lawsuit，she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others" work without paying.
However，other teenagers have different ideas.Wang Yafei，a Senior 2 girl from Jinan，Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers.“If I download a song and really like it，I will buy the CD，”she said.“So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music，rather than pursuing(追赶，追击)filesharers.”
小题1:Which of the following best describes the passage?| A．Music on the Internet is of better quality. | | B．Downloading material can be illegal. | | C．It"s good to get free music on the Internet. | | D．Baidu is a popular Web company. |
小题2:The four Web companies were put to court because ________.| A．they got copyrighted songs without paying | | B．they downloaded copyrighted music for people | | C．they make copyrighted files for free downloads | | D．they offer free music on line |
小题3:How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuits?| A．A bit guilty. | B．A little sad. | | C．Extremely angry. | D．Awfully sorry. |
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In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally ____them and the job they do，although there are certain people who do not believe that the police____have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not ____job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in ____.A policeman often has to control traffic, either____ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time ____up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop ____motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the ___， too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we ___ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to ____ situation at great risk to their own ____.We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, ____ he is not a detective(侦探)，will often have to help___and arrest criminals.
And ___ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a____，a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.___a policeman has to be ____to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the ___ world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ____ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could____do the job of a policeman.
| 小题1: | | A．dislike | B．join | C．appreciate | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．should | B．would | C．could | D．must |
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| 小题3: | | A．a funny | B．a pleasant | C．an interesting | D．an easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．walking | B．driving | C．wandering | D．searching |
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| 小题7: | | A．resting | B．tired | C．speeding | D．drunken |
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| 小题8: | | A．peace | B．silence | C．situation | D．condition |
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| 小题9: | | A．wait for | B．call | C．think of | D．expect |
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| 小题10: | | A．turn to | B．avoid | C．deal with | D．treat |
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| 小题11: | | A．safety | B．families | C．future | D．friends |
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| 小题12: | | A．although | B．as if | C．however | D．even if |
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| 小题13: | | A．get rid of | B．question | C．look for | D．sentence |
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| 小题15: | | A．power failure | B．fire | C．thunder storm | D．thief |
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| 小题17: | | A．provided | B．promised | C．prepared | D．presented |
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| 小题18: | | A．future | B．modern | C．real | D．whole |
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| 小题19: | | A．extremely | B．specially | C．surprisingly | D．particularly |
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| 小题20: | | A．hardly | B．forever | C．ever | D．never |
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Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness，happiness，goodness，and selfrespect？The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized (把……归类) as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item.If we keep silent，and profit from the clerk’s mistake，we would drive home with a sense of sneaky (暗中的) excitement.Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune.On the other hand，if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item，the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty.We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then，what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case，where we don’t tell the clerk，a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.In the process，we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect.We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted，since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends.We damage our own reputations by telling others.In contrast，bringing_the_error_to_the__clerk’s__attention causes different things to happen.Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.Upon leaving the store，we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased.Whenever we take honorable actions we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions.Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence.And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy.While the positive cycle can be difficult to start，once it’s started，it’s easy to continue.Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind，which is important for our happiness.
小题1:According to the passage，the positive action in the example contributes to our________.| A．selfrespect | B．financial rewards | | C．advertising ability | D．friendly relationship |
小题2:The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to________.| A．lying | B．stealing | | C．cheating | D．advertising |
小题3:The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” means________.| A．telling the truth to the clerk | | B．offering advice to the clerk | | C．asking the clerk to be more attentive | | D．reminding the clerk of the charged items |
小题4:How will we feel if we let the clerk know the mistake?| A．We’ll be very excited. | | B．We’ll feel unfortunate. | | C．We’ll have a sense of honor. | | D．We’ll feel sorry for the clerk. |
小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?| A．How to Live Truthfully | | B．Importance of Peacefulness | | C．Ways of Gaining Selfrespect | | D．Happiness through Honorable Actions |
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