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Telling Tales about People

传记类文学作品

1、This passage is mostly about_the

characteristics of autobiographies,

memoirs, and biograph

这篇文章主要是关于自传、回忆录和

传记的特点

2、Helen Keller wrote an

autobiography

海伦﹒凯勒写了一部自传

3、Autobiography writers are not

always objective because they want to

present themselves in a good light

自传作者有时是不客观的，因为他们

想展示自己好的一面

4、The writer introduces each

category in the passage by defining it.

本文的作者通过定义每个类型绍每

种类型的非小说文学作品

5、Diverse means__varied or

different_. Diverse的意思是多种

多样的或者不同的

第二篇

Outside -the-classroom Learning

Makes a Big Difference 课外学习带

来很大不同

1、An extracurricular activity like

raising a fund of $300,000 is risky

because most student leaders Will

not take an interest in it.一项课外活动

像募集30 万美元资金很冒险，因为

大多数的学生干部不感兴趣

2、American students join campus

organizations mostly for Building

friendship美国学生参加校园组织主

要为了建立友谊

3、Who is Katie Rowley? She's a

senior student. 谁是K.R? 她是一个

大四的学生

4、What do student leaders need to

carry an activity through to a

successful end? Passion.学生干部如果

要成功的贯彻一个活动需要什么？

热情

5、The phrasal verb fatten up in

paragraph 6 could be best replaced by

Polish第六段的动词性短语“fatten

up”可以被下面哪个单词替换？

polish（润色；上光；抛光）

第三篇

Shark Attack! 小心鲨鱼！

1、After Craig Rogers fell into the

water, the shark wam away.Craig

Rogers 落水之后，鲨鱼自己游走了

2、It is difficult for the author to

understand why great whites often let

humans escape作者很难理解为什么

大白鲨常常让人类逃脱

3、Which of the following is closest in

meaning to make up in line 2 of

paragraph 4? are.下面哪个单词最接

近第四段第二行斜体标出的词组

“make up”的意思？是

4、The word their in line 2 of

paragraph 4 means great whites'

第四段第二行的单词“their”指什

么？大白鲨

5、What is the main idea of the fourth

paragraph? We now know great whites

don't mistake humans for other animals.

第四段的主要内容是什么？我们现

在知道大白鲨不会把人类误以为是

其他动物

第四篇

Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving

火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福

1、On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as Ghosts. 在万圣节上，孩子打扮成魔鬼

2、When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten? On Thanksgiving.什么时时候吃火鸡和南瓜饼？感恩节上

3、Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for Providing them with comfortable and happy lives. 感恩节上美国人感谢上帝为其提供舒适快乐的生活

4、Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because They can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food.

美国孩子喜欢感恩节的原因是能够与父母呆在一起，吃许多好吃的食物5、The first pilgrims settled in the United States in 1620第一批定居到美国的人是在1620 年第五篇

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

伊本白图泰游记

1、What is the passage mainly about?

The adventures of Ibn Battuta.

这篇文章主要是讲什么的？伊本白

图泰历险记

2、Which of the following is closest in

meaning to set off for in line 5? left to

go to.哪个词组最接近第五行中“set

off ”意思？出发

3、The Sultan of Delhi gave Ibn

Battuta a position of judge because

Ibn Battuta had studied in Mecca德里

的苏丹王给伊本白图泰安排了法官

的工作是因为伊本白图泰在麦加的

学习经历

4、Which of the following would the

writer of this passage most likely agree

with? Ibn Battuta should be better

known in the West today.下面哪个观

点是这篇文章的作者最认同的？在

现今的西方世界，伊本白图泰应该会

比以前更有名

5、Why did Ibn Battuta finally return

to his home? The Sultan of Morocco

asked him to return.为什么伊本白图

泰最后回到了他的家乡？摩洛哥的

苏丹王要求他回家

第六篇

TV Shows and Long Bus Trips

看电视与长途汽车旅行

1、According to the passage, what do

the passengers usually see when they

are on a long bus trip? Advertisements

on the board.

根据本文，长途汽车旅行中乘客通常

可以看到什么？路两边的广告

2、What is the purpose of this passage?

To talk about the similarities between

long bus trips and TV shows.本文的写

作目的是什么？对坐公共汽车长途

旅行的看法。

3、The writer of this passage would

probably favor？no billboards along

the road.作者可能支持的观点是？作

者更喜欢沿途没有那些广告牌

4、The writer feels long bus rides are

like TV shows because they both have

a beginning, a middle, and an end, with

commercials in between.电视表演与

长途汽车相像的原因是？他们都有

开始，中间结尾，并且每隔三四分钟

插播广告。

5、The writer thinks that the end of

the ride is somewhat like the beginning

because both are exciting. 长途汽车

旅行开始的时候与结束有点像是因

为_令人激动

第七篇

Modern Sun Worshippers 现代日光浴者

1、The writer seems to imply that Europeans

travel mostly for the reason that they wish to

escape from the cold, dark and rainy days

back at home.作者看来要暗示欧洲人旅游

的主要原因是逃避家乡那寒冷、黑暗、阴

雨连绵的日子2、In paragraph 2, cities like

London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are

mentioned to show that they are not good

cities in terms of geography and climate.在第

二段，像提到的伦敦，哥本哈根，阿姆斯

特丹表明它们从地理和气候上来讲并不是

好城市3、According to the passage,

which of the following countries attracts

more tourists than the others? Spain.根据本

文，哪个国家吸引的游客最多西班牙

4、The latter half of the last sentence in

paragraph 3, i.e., “or one tourist for every

person living in Spain” means every year

almost as many tourists visit Spain as there

are people living in that country. 第三段是

了后一句的后半句“or one….”的意思是？

每年西班牙的游客的数量与居民的数量一

样多5、According to the passage, which

of the following factors might spoil the

tourists' fun at Mediterranean resorts and

beaches? Rainy weather.根据本文，什么最可

能破坏旅游者的兴致。雨连绵的日子

第九篇

Single-parent Kids Do Best

单亲幼儿最出色

1、With which of the following statements would the author probably agree? Two-parent families produce less attractive children.双亲家庭的孩子不太吸引人

2、According to the passage, in what way does family conflict affect the quality of the offspring? The young males get less care.家庭冲突会影响到后代的质量是因为孩子得到更少的照顾

3、What is the relationship between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5? Experiment and result.第四和第五段的关系是实验和结果关系

4、According to Hartley, which of the following is NOT influenced by sexual conflict? The offspring’s body size什么不会受到性别冲突的影响。身材的大小

5、According to the passage, people believe that a female’s reproductive strategy is influenced by ecological factors雌性动物的繁殖策略会受到生态因素的影响。第十篇

A Letter from Alan 艾伦的来信

1、Why has Alan written this letter?

To inform other people about the

builders' plans.艾伦为什么写这封

信？告知他人建筑商的计划

2、Why is Parson's Place particularly

important, in Alan's opinion? Because

it is a place near the town where

people can enjoy nature.为什么艾伦认

为帕森广场尤其重要因为它是小镇

附近一个可以欣赏自然风光的地方

3、What will cause traffic jams? A

building on Parson's Place.帕森广场上

的建筑会引起交通堵塞？

4、Alan says that ordinary people who

live in the town will probably

soon_have less money 艾伦说住在城

镇上的人们将来很可能变穷

5、Which of these posters has Alan

made? Say no to house on parson’s

place以下______是艾伦制作的海

报？对帕森广场上的房屋说不

第十二篇

Smuggling 走私

1、The dog was different from others

in that it had a very big abdomen.牧羊

犬之所以与众不同是因为肚子大

2、How many methods are used to

transport drugs? As many as a

smuggler can think of.走私的方法和

走私犯的想象力一样多。

3、How many pounds of heroin were

estimated to be smuggled into the

United States in 1994? 25,770. 1994

年有25,770磅的海洛因走私到美国。

4、Which of the following could best

replace the expression “small fry”in

the third paragraph? Small smugglers。

Small fry 的意思是small smugglers

5、What is this article about? Varied

drug transportation methods.本文的主

旨是各种各样的毒品走私方法

第十三篇

The Barbie Dolls 芭比娃娃

1、When Ruth and Elliot Handler was

young, they had a strong desire to be

highly successful.夫妇俩在年轻的时

候有一个强烈的愿望高度成功

2、Who owned Mattel? Harold Mattson,

Ruth and Elliot Handler.谁拥有麦特公

司。三个人

3、It can be inferred from the second

paragraph that Lilly was fashioned

after Build。Lilly 的原型是Build

4、Where did Ruth Handler's

inspiration for the design of the Barbie

doll come from? Lilli.

设计芭比娃娃的灵感来自于Lilli

5、Which of the following statements

is NOT true of the Barbie doll? She

does not attract young men.关于芭比

娃娃的描述不正确的是她不吸引年

轻男子

第十四篇

Sleep 睡眠

1、The question raised in Paragraph 2 is “no mere academic one”. because shift work in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.

第二段提出的问题是“不仅仅理论的东西”因为倒班制要求人们改变他们的睡眠习惯

2、According to the passage, the main problem about night work is that your life is disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.

根据本文，关于夜班的主要问题是你的生活被日夜变化的工作干扰

3、According to the passage, the best solution to the problem seems to be to employ people who will always work at night.根据本文，最好的解决问题的方法是雇一直进行夜班工作的人

4、In the second paragraph, “the third”means the third week.

第二段的“第三”意思是第三周

5、In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “another”means another routine.第二段的最后一句话“另一个”的意思是另一个例行公事第十五篇

Orbital Space Plane 轨道航天飞机

1、The orbital space craft has been

designed for carrying astronauts to the

International Space Station轨道航天

飞机为承载宇航员去国际空间站而

被设计

2、From the passage we know that the

design of the orbiter indicates NASA’

s determination to continue its space

exploration projects.通过本文我们知

道轨道航天飞机的设计表明NASA

的决心要继续它的空间探索项目

3、When did the scientists start

working on a successor to the shuttle?

Years before the explosion of

Columbia.科学家们什么时候开始研

究轨道航天飞机的替代者？在哥伦

比亚号爆炸的几年前

4、Besides the main missions stipulated

by NASA the orbiter would also be

used as a space ambulance除NASA

规定的主要任务外，该轨道航天飞机

还可以被用于一个空间救护车

5、According to the passage, the funds,

if granted, would be equally shared by

the two projects under Space Launch

Initiative.根据本文，这个拨款如果被

批准，被两个项目平分

第十六篇

The Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠

1、This passage is mostly about life in

the Sahara 这篇文章主要是关于撒哈

拉沙漠里的生活

2、Rainfall in most of the Sahara is

less than five inches per year 在撒哈

拉沙漠的绝大部分地区，降雨量低于

5 英寸/年

3、The Sahara can be described as a

place of contrasts撒哈拉沙漠可以被

描述为一个具有强烈对比的地方

4、The phrase “an area roughly the

size of the United States”gives an

indication of the size of the Sahara. 短

语“an area roughly the size of the

United States”指的是撒哈拉沙漠的

大小。

5、In this passage caravan means

group traveling together through

difficult country.

在这篇文章里，”caravan”的意思是

一群人一起穿过条件恶劣的国家

*第十七篇

Eiffel Is an Eyeful

引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔

1、Why does the author think the Eiffel

Tower is transformed into symbol of a world

of the move? Tourists of all nationalities

come to scribble on the cold iron of the tower.

艾菲尔铁塔之所以成为动感世界的象征的

原因是全世界的旅游者都来涂鸦

2、What seems strange to the author?

Visitors prefer wasting time scribbling to

enjoying the view.作者感到奇怪的事是游客

们宁愿涂鸦而不愿意去欣赏风景。

3、Which statements is NOT true of Hugues

Richard? He climbed 747 steps up the tower

in 19 minutes and 4 seconds.下列对H.R的描

述哪个是不正确的他用19分4秒爬了塔的

747个台阶

4、What did the builder use the Eiffel Tower

for? Conducting research in various fields.建

筑师设计艾菲尔铁塔的目的是进行不同领

域的研究

5、Which of the following is nearest in

meaning to “(The Eiffel Tower is like) a

blank canvas for visitors to make of it what

they will”?Visitors can imagine freely what

the tower represents.下面那个选项最接近

（埃菲尔铁塔像）一个空画布，游客们可

以自由想象

*第十八篇

Goal of American Education

美国教育的目标

1、Which of the following best states the goal of American education? To give every student the opportunity to fully develop his/her ability.美国的教育目标是给学生机会充分发挥他们的能力

2、It is implied in the passage that the subjects every student takes may vary.在美国，每一个学生所上的科目可能会有不同

3、American schools place great emphasis on the learner's acquisition of the ability to be creative.美国的教育非常重视学习者的创造能力的获得

4、According to the passage, American education meets the needs of all the following EXCEPT the students from foreign countries美国的教育不会满足外国学生的需求。

5、Which of the following best states the feature of American education that makes it different from education in other countries? Its underlying goal to develop every child's abilities to the fullest extent.

美国的教育与其他国家的教育的不同之处在于它的潜在目标是让孩子的能力发挥到极致*第十九篇

The Family 家庭

1、Another good title for this passage

would be What Makes a Family这

篇文章的题目还可以是什么是家庭

2、A nuclear family is defined as a

married couple with their minor

children核心家庭的定义是一对夫妻

和他们的未成年孩子

3、The information in this passage

would most likely be found in an

anthropology textbook 、这篇文章最

有可能出自人类学课本

4、The information in the first

paragraph is presented mainly through

pointing out similarities 第一段的内

容主要以描述共性方式陈述。

5、The word mobility means readiness

to move “Mobility"这个单词的意思

是流动性_

*第二十篇

Tales of the Terrible Past

可怕的过去

1、his passage is mostly about two

novels that deal with slavery这篇文章

主要是关于两篇描写奴隶制的小说

2、Beloved is set in Ohio after the

Civil War. Beloved 的设置背景是

内战之后的俄亥俄州

3、The writer seems to feel that the

books are worthwhile but challenging

作者认为这类作品值得写但是很有

挑战性

4、The writer emphasizes that the two

books are similar in their portrayal of

violence 作者强调两本书的相似点

在于对暴力的描写

5、The word appalling means terrible。

“Appalling”这个单词的意思是糟糕

的

*第二十一篇

Spacing in Animals

动物间的间隔距离

1、Which of the following is the most

appropriate definition of Flight

Distance? Distance between an animal

and its enemy before fleeing逃跑距离

是逃跑之前动物与敌人之间的距离

2、If an animal’s critical distance is

penetrated, it will begin to attack.如果

越过动物临界距离，它就会开始攻击

3、According to the passage, social

distance refers to psychological

distance.群居距离是一种心理距离

4、Which of the following could best

replace the word “band”in “We can

think of it as a hidden band that

contains the group” (in Paragraph 3)?

Strip of land群居距离是变化的

5、The example of the children

holding hands when crossing the street

in the last paragraph shows that social

distance is sometimes determined by

outside factors孩子手拉手过马路的

例子证明群居距离会受到外界因素

的影响

Some Things We Know about Language

我们知道的关于语言的一些事情

1、In the second paragraph the author thinks that any human race, whether backward or not, has a language作者认为任何一个种族，无论落后与否都有自己的语言

2、According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have complicated language.不发达文化的民族也会有复杂的语言

3、The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are just as sophisticated as some well-known languages作者举出美洲印第安人的例子是为了证明它们与一些著名的语言一样发达

4、Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? Some languages are better than other languages. 语言有好坏之分是不正确的。

5、According to he author language changes are most likely to occur in vocabulary.

语言的变化最容易出现在词汇方面The Only Way Is Up 只好向上

1、"...these are cities concerned with

the past" in the first paragraph refer to

cities that want to maintain their

traditional image.第1段提到的“以往

关注的那些城市”是想保持他们传统

形象

2、The difficulty in constructing tall

buildings in the 19t~ century lies in the

lack of a device to carry people upward

在19世纪建造高楼的困难在于没有

办法能把人往高处送

3、When Otis came up with the idea

of a lift, most people had doubt about

its safety当Otis 提出电梯想法许多

人怀疑它的安全性

4、Which of the following best

describes the experience of going in a

lift now? Uninteresting最能描述乘坐

现在电梯的一句话是无趣的

5、Psychologists find the lift a good

place where they can study human

behavior because in a lift the bubble of

personal space breaks心理学家发现

电梯是一个能够研究人们举止行为

的好地方原因是在电梯里打破个人

空间的泡沫

Clone Farm 克隆农场

1、Which statement is the best description of

the new era of factory farming according to

the first paragraph? Cloned chickens are

bulk-produced with the same growth rate,

weight and taste.工业化农场这个新时代是

指克隆出来的小鸡在成长速度、体重和口

味上一样2、Which institution has offered

$4.7 million to fund the research? The US’s

National Institute of Science and Technology.

美国国家科学技术研究院提供了470万美

元资助克隆研究3、In the third paragraph,

by saying “Producers would like the same

meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get

there.” Mike Fitzgerald means that he wishes

Chickens could grow to the same weight but

with less feed养殖者的希望是投入减少但

是产量不变4、Which of the following

statements about Origen and Embrex is

correct according to the fifth paragraph?

Origen has joined hands with Embrex in

producing cell-injecting machines两大公司

联手生产细胞注射机器5、The technology

of freezing stem cells from different strains of

chicken can do all the following EXCEPT

that farmers can order certain strains of

chicken only.冷冻干细胞技术的作用不可能

是农民只能订购某些品种的小鸡

Income 收入

1、This passage is mainly about the

difference between national income

and personal income本文是关于国民

收入和个人收入的区别

2、Which of the following statements

is true according to the first paragraph?

The money that goes for capital

consumption is not regarded as income.

根据第一段，正确的观点是用于资本

消费的钱不算收入

3、It can be known from this passage

that the government levy tax on

corporation profits政府对于公司利润

征税。

4、According to this passage, the

money you get as interest from

government bonds is The money not

earned but received从政府证券中获

得的利润不是挣的钱而是得到的钱

5、The passage implies that People

pay taxes somewhat unwillingly

这篇文章暗示人们不愿意支付税

Seeing the World Centuries Ago

看许久以前的世界

1、This passage is mostly about where three early travel writers went and wrote about 这篇文章主要是关于三位早期旅行作家去过的地方以及他们的记述

2、Ibn Battutah traveled throughout the Muslim world. Ibn Battutah去所有穆斯林国家旅行过。

3、The books of the three writers were popular because they told of strange and exotic locales

这三位作家的书很受欢迎，因为他们写的是陌生的充满异域风情的地方4、The overall organization of this passage is through chronological order。这篇文章的整体布局是依据时间顺序

5、In this passage attest means to give proof of 。在这篇文章里，”attest”意思是证实Importance of Services

服务业的重要性

1、The first paragraph intends to tell us

that services are important第一段告诉

我们服务业重要

2、Between 1966 and 1986, the

United States created about 32.4

million service jobs.

在1966 年到1986 年，美国创造了

三千二百四十万的服务性职业

3、Many economists, business and

labor leaders and politicians believe

that most of the fast growth in the

service sector is in low-paying jobs

许多经济学家、商人和劳动领袖以及

政治家们相信服务业部门快速增长

的都是低收入工作

4、The importance of services can be

shown by money spent on business

services as well as on consumer

services.服务业工作的重要性表现在

花在商业和消费业上的钱

5、What does the writer of this

passage disapprove of regarding

services now? Their prices.关于服务

业作者不赞成他们的价格

The National Park Service

国家公园的服务机构

1、Why are America’s national parks

like old friends? Because they are

always out there.美国的国家公园之所

以像老朋友是因为它们一直在那里

2、Which of the following statements

is true about uniformed rangers? They

protect the National Park System穿制

服的公园工作人员的作用是保护国

家公园体系

3、The National Park Service does all

of the following EXCEPT molding the

Nation.建立国家不是国家公园服务

体系的作用。

4、What is this passage about? It is

about the National Park Service

本文的主旨与国家公园服务部有关。

5、What will the paragraph following

this passage most probably discuss?

The work that has been done by the

partners文章紧接着会讨论合作者已

经做的工作

Find Y ourself Packing It On? Blame

Friends 发现自己变胖了？这要怪

罪朋友们

1、Who had the greatest influence on

people who became obese? Their

friends他们的朋友对变胖的人影响

最大。2、Which of the following

statement about a friend's influence is

false according to the report? People

were not likely to lose weight when

they have skinny friends. 关于朋友的

影响陈述错误的是当他们有苗条的

朋友，人们不可能减肥

3、According to Dr. Nicholas A.

Christakis, what is the explanation for

friends being the greatest influence?

Friends affected each others' feelings

of fatness

根据 D.NA.C,下面朋友彼此对肥胖

的感受解释对朋友影响最大。

4、Which factor of becoming obese is

not mentioned in this report? Life style

这个报道中的变胖的因素中生活方

式没提到。

5、In what way is obesity contagious

and epidemic? Social networks let the

obesity spread rapidly通过社交圈迅

速使肥胖症传播开来方式肥胖症传

染和流行的。

* 第三十一篇

Pool Watch 泳池监护

1、AI means the same as artificial intelligence。AI 的意思是人工智能

2、What is required of AI software to save a life? It can distinguish between a swimmer and a shadow.智能软件挽救寿命的方式是它能够区分游泳者与阴影

3、How does Poseidon save a life? It alerts the lifeguard。P挽救生命的方式是提醒救生员

4、Which of the following statements about Trevor baylis is NOT true? He runs.关于TB 同志的观点不正确的是他跑步

5、The word “considered”in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by “rated”

consider 这个词可以被rated替换。*第三十二篇

The Cherokee Nation 柴罗基部落1、The Cherokee Nation used to live in the southeastern part of the US.

切诺基部落过去住在美国东南部

2、One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of writing down the spoken language. S 同志向白人学习的方法是记录切诺基口语

3、A law was passed in 1830 to force the Cherokees to move westward. 1830 年通过的法律的内容是强迫切诺基人搬到西部

4、When the Cherokees began to leave their lands all of the above.

切诺基人离开家园的方式是以上提到的所有方式

5、Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because they did not have enough food and clothes.切诺基人死亡的原因是没有足够的衣服和食物