适合高中生练习的英语阅读理解.doc
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Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once? Note that there is one word more than you need?
Everybody has different ways of achieving happiness and the reasons for feeling happy may change from year to year, or even from day to day. For example, happiness may .......... 45 getting a good grade on a school assignment or from a very ________________________ 46 ...... t hing like having a full stomach. This kind of happiness is inside of you _______________ i t is . (47)
____ h appiness.
Happiness is also something you can communicate to other people? The good grade you _ 48 on your paper will probably make your parents happy and proud? 49 ____________________ way of communicating happiness is to help other people over difficult experiences in their own lives? In this situation, you give off your own happiness to make others happy?
The most important things to remember in your pursuit of happiness are:
1.Happiness should not be your only _____ 50 ---- ------ a real goal, like better grades, a better job, or closer friends, is sure to give more happiness than chasing after a feeling.
2.Happiness may ___ 51 __ all sizes and shapes. ______ 52___ y ou keep your sense of humor and see things in a balanced way, happiness will come to you faster than to the person who is always worrying about what tomorrow will bring.
3? Happiness is meant to be ___ 53 ___ ?"Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you
cry alone.n
III. Reading Comprehension 32%
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context?
Chinese students are generally fond of studying very, very hard for long hours? This is an excellent ____ 54 __ , but it is often an inefficient（效率低的）way of study. An efficient student must have ____ 55 ___ sleep, food, rest and relaxation. Every day you need take a
walk or play basketball or do something you find _____ 56 ____ . And it is necessary for you to see a film or visit some scenic spols（丿凡景区）every _______ 57 __ and then? When you
_ 58 ___ to your studies, your mind will be refreshed and yoif 11 learn the most? Endless hours of nodding over your books are 59 effective than shorter active study session（课时）.
disappointed in your progress. PsychologistsOC?理学家)have found _____ 61 __ learning tasks like this way: first, you make such great progress that you feel very happy. Then your language ability 62 _____________________ the same: you believe you are not learning anything at all and
you feel ___ 63 ___ ? This period can last for days _____ 64 __ even weeks, but you must not
___ 65 ___ ? At some point your language will again take _____ 66 __ big jump and you511 see that you really have been learning _________________________ 67 __ ?
Perhaps we can say that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine whose effects
come slowly but 68 ? Don\ give up halfway?
54. A. way B. means C. idea D. character
55. A. little B. a great deal of C? much D. enough
56? A. it happy B. relaxation C. relaxing D. relaxed
57. A. now B. day C. of D. with
58. A. go B. come C. return D. refer
59. A. very B. much C? more D. less
60. A. good B. possible C? impossible D. low
61. A. that B. out that C. it out D. it out that
62. A. stays B.in C. place D? seems to stay
63. A. sad B. better C. helpless D. regretful
64. A. and B. but C. or D. nor
65. A. discourage B. lose your heart C? be discouraging D. lose heart
66. A. other B. the other C? an other D. another
67. A. all B. all the time C. at all D. at time
68. A. quickly B. timely C. surely D. mainly
Section B
Directions： Read the following four passages- Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B，C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
There，re five people at our table, including myself. Fve already learnt a great deal about them in the short time we've been at sea, although we rarely meet except at meal times.
First of all, there9s Dr Stone. He's a man of about sixty five, with gray hair and a friendly face. He gave up his work a short while ago and is now traveling round the world before he retires to some quiet country village. As a young man, he served for many years as a doctor in the Anny and visited many countries. He9s told us a lot about the city to which we are going?
Then there's "Grandmother^. I call her that because her name escapes me. In spite of
being a grandmother, she looks rather young, not more than fifty, She's on her way to visit a daughter who went to Australia some years ago. Naturally she is very excited at the thought of seeing her again, and her three grandchildren, whom she has never seen.
Then there's a man I don 9t care for very much, an engineer by the name of Barlow. He has been on leave in England and is now returning to his work in Singapore ?
The other person who sits at our table is Mrs. Hunt. Pve found out hardly anything about her. She's extremely quiet and rarely talks, except to consult （咨 询）the doctor about children's various illness. She's on her way to join her husband in India.
69. What can we know about M 匚 Stone?
A. He is a doctor in the Army now.
B ? He is going to give up his work.
C. He knows a lot about the city the author is going to.
D. He has been retired for many years ?
70. The writer calls the second person "Grandmother^ because ________
（B ） Aaron Carter isrf I like other 12-year-olds. He doesn 5t go to school, and he ，s already got a job? He is a big pop star. A few years ago he started his singing with Crazy Little Party Girl, which became a hit at once ? Now he goes around the world and his songs are in the tops.
Because he^s traveling around all the time Aaron doesn't have to go to school, but dorf t envy him too much ——he still has to do lessons and homework. And he is good at learning.
T have to fit my s chool work around my singing,” he explains. "But Fm lucky because I have a private tutor who travels with me. I sometimes have to have lessons on a plane. That's really interesting!^
Aaron's favorite subject is math but he hates history. He knows clearly that having a good singing career doesn't mean he can go without school work.
Tt would be easy to think that I doif t need to do well in exams, but that would be crazy 厂 he says ?"It's important to get my quali 行cations （资 格）so that I have something to fall back on. Besides, it's interesting to learn about other people and cultures/5
Aaron's favorite type of music is rock'n ，roll. “The best thing about being a singer" he says, “is that you get to travel all around the world. But the worst thing is that youre away from home so much that you donl get to see your friends or family/'
72. According to the passage, we learn that Aaron Carter is ___________ ?
A. she looks old C. he respects her
71. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Dr Stone lives in a quiet village now.
C. Barlow works in Singapore B. She has three daughters
D. he can't think of her name
B. "Grandmother^ is an Australian. D. Mrs Hunt is a woman of many words.
A. a composer B? a successful singer C? a history lover D. a young businessman
73.Which of the following statements is True?
A. Aaron Carter doesn't go to school because he likes singing better.
B? Aaron Carter has his own teache匚
C.Aaron likes math as well as history.
D.Aaron Carter likes traveling all around the world and dislikes seeing friends and family.
74.The underlined phrase "fall back orT in the fifth paragraph has the similar meaning
as _______ ?
A. check in
B. return to C? depend on D? decide on
（C）
The people who lived in Italy and northern Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were the first people to think of themselves as belonging to an era（时代）? It was the Renaissance （文艺复兴），a period of renewed interest in learning after the Middle Ages.
The motto（座右铭）of the Renaissance was “A man can do all things if he wills,” and the man who fulfilled that motto more than any other was Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was good at portraiture, a new art form that described people as individuals. His painting of the “Mona Lisa” remains the most famous portrait ever done?
But Leonardo was also a skilled architect and engineer, who designed a submarine, helicopter and airplane, long before those inventions were ever built. Hundreds of drawings and thousands of pages in his notebooks proved his interest in astronomy, anatomy, botany, geology, and above all mathematics. He was interested in city planning and sanitation and was reportedly a gifted musician.
Since the Renaissance, the term “Renaissance man M has been applied to（适用至!J）othc「s, who, like Leonardo da Vinci, excelled in many various fields. Thomas Jeflerson is perhaps the best example. He, too, was a born musician and architect as well as botanist, philosopher, writer and third President of the United States.
75.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The motto of the Renaissance was "A man can do all things：
B? Leonardo da Vinci made the most achievements among people during the Renaissance.
C.Portraiture was a new art form of painting pictures.
D.“ Mona Lisa” is among the most famous portraits in history.
76."Renaissance marT means _______ .
A.any person during the period of Renaissance
B.any person who makes great achievements in some certain field.
C.any person who experts at many different fields during the Renaissance
D.any person who experts at many different fields ever since the Renaissance
77.Which of the following is NOT the common interest to Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Jefferson?
A.Music
B. Sanitation
C. Architecture
D. Botany
（D）
It was a dark November day in 1895. In a laboratory at the royal University of Wurzburg, in western Germany, a 50?year-old physics professor, Wilhelm Roentgen, performed what looked like a type of magic. He placed a glass vacuum（真空）tube inside a black cardboard box and applied a high-voltage current （高压电流）?He suddenly noticed that, on a bench nearby, a piece of paper coated with a chemical substance began giving off an strange light. Over the following two weeks, Roentgen performed a series of experiments that proved the existence of a form of electro-magnetic （电磁0勺）radiation he called X-rays.
His astonishing discovery has led to a deeper understanding of the physical world——in particular, to the field of medical diagnosis（诊断）.
X-rays are widely used in medicine to make radiographs or X-rays pictures of the bones and internal organs of the body to see whether diseases exist, such as broken bones or lung diseases.
A radiograph is made by passing an X-rays beam through a patient's body onto a piece of photographic film. The bones takes in more of the rays than do muscles or other organs, so the bones Ihrow the sharpest shadows on the film?
Improvements over the past century——from fluoroscopy（荧光透视法）to CT scans— have made X-rays technology an invaluable tool of medicine.
78.At the beginning of the passage, Prof. Wilhelm Roentgen was _________?
A. performing an entertaining program
B. playing magic
C. doing some experiments
D. None of above
79.When Prof. Roentgen placed a glass vacuum tube in a black box and applied a high-voltage
current, he _______ .
A. saw a bench nearby
B? noticed a piece of paper on a nearby bench begin to burn slowly
C.noticed a piece of paper on a nearby bench begin to give out strange light
D.noticed a piece of paper was coated with a chemical substance
80.The bones have clearer shadow on the photographic film than do muscles or other organs,
because ______ .
A. the bones are harder than them
B.the bones can help absorb more rays than them
C.the bones can block more rays than them
D? X-rays cannot pass through the bones
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三、完形填空（20分）
People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the 36 300 years, there were 37 many changes in 38
places that now people can 39 tell an English person 40 an American in the way he or she speaks. Many old words 41 in England but were kept in America. For example, 300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “fauceta"spigot” or a “tap”. All these words are 42 heard in different parts of Americ a, but only "tap” is still common in 43. Americans often made up new words or changed old 44 .
“Com” is one kind of plant in America and 45 in England-
Also, over the last three centuries the English language 46 thousands of new words for things that weren^t known 47 . And often, American and English people used two 48
names for them. A tin can is called "tin" for short in England, but a "can v in America. The word “radio” is 49 all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a “wireless”. And almost anything having something to do 50 cars, railroads, etc.
51 different names in British and American English.
But now American and British English may be growing close together. One 52 is the large number of American speeches that British people hear daily in movies, on television, or
53 travelers. 54 this, Americans seem to be influencing the British more or less. So some day, English may even be 55 on both sides of the Atlantic.
36. A. following B. recent C. oldest D. last
37. A. such B. too C. so D? great
38. A. either B. both C. neither D. two
39. A. hardly B. difficultly C. clearly D. easily
40. A. with B. from C. to D- and
41. A. disappeared B. were disappeared C ? spoke D. took
42. A. not B. hardly C. also D. still
43. A. America B ? the two countries C ? England D. British
44. A. word B. forms C. ones D ? ways
45. A. another B. also planted C. a plant D. a kind of food
46. A. added B. has added C. discovered D. has discovered
47. A. anywhere B. in some countries C. before D. for centuries
48. A. new B ? short C. different D. surprising
49. A. produced B ? made C. developed D. used
50. A. to B. away C? with D? from
51. A. has B. have C. have given D. was given
52. A. thing B. result C. belief
D. expression
53. A. from B. in C. on D?to
54. A. For B. Because C. Beside D. Because of
55. A. different B ? more different C- the same D. more useful
四、阅读理解（30分）
Many British people like to travel to Spain, Italy and other warm countries for their holidays. They want to live in the sun for a few weeks and many of them like to take their cars on holiday with them. Then they can travel round the warm countries and see many places in a short time.
But there is a problem. It is only twenty—two miles from Dover in England to Calais in France, but between the two towns there is the English Channel. It is necessary to take the cars across the sea, and this is not easy.
Some passengers put their cars on a plane and fly across with them, but that is expensive. Others drive their cars onto large ferries （渡船）? This is cheap, but the boats are slow and sometimes the sea is rough. There are days when more and more people choose to travel by hovercraft （气垫船）. 56.Many British holiday makers choose to travel ?
A? by ship B. by car C. by plane D. by ferry
57.They like to spend their holiday in .
A.the mountainous areas
B. Dover in England
C. the sunny countries
D. Calais in France
58.What is the disadvantage of going from Dover, England to Calais, France?
A. The impossibility of traveling by air
B ? The impossibility of traveling by ship
C.The danger of traveling in France
D.The difficulty of taking cars across English Channel
B
Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers （哲学家）of England, was bom in London and educated at Cambridge University- When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English ambassador（大使）.Two years later he went to England to study law. At the age of twenty—hree he was chosen to parliament （议会）. His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature helped to bring the modern way of thinking, called the scientific method.
One of the Bacon best—known books was his Essays. Each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends and healthful living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really exist in nature and then try to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it is. Later, by doing experiments, the scientists could see that any one cause would always have the same result. This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in Bacon's time.
59.According to the passage we know that .
A. Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England
B ? Francis Bacon had good education
C.Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15
D.Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23
60.It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for .
A.inventing the scientific method of studying things in nature
B.his books
C.his method, inductive reasoning
D.being a member of parliament
61 ? His essays gave many useful lessons on.
A. studying
B. conversation
C. friends and healthful living
D. All of the above
62.The underlined phrase "inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means?
A. discovering general laws from particular facts or examples
B ? reaching a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case
C.studying things as they used to be
D.studying things in a particular way
If you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris, remember that the French have their own way of doing things, and that even your finest manners may not be u correct n by French custom? For example, if you think showing up promptly（迅速地）at the time given on the invitation, amied with gifts of wine and roses, complimenting （称赞）your hostess on her cooking, laughing heartily at the host's jokes and then leaping up to help the hostess will make you the perfect guest,
think again.
Here Madame Nora Chabal, the marketing director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, explained how it works. The first duty of the guest is to respond lo the invitation within 48 hours. And, the guest may not ask to bring a guest because the hostess has chosen her own.
Flowers sent ahead of shedule are the preferred gift. They may also be sent afterwards with a thank—you note. It is considered a very bad form to arrive with a gift of flowers vase when she is too busy to do with that.
See, that^s the logic 1 The type of flowers sent has a code of its own, too. One must never send chrysanthemums（菊花）because they are considered too humble（谦卑）for occasion. CarnationsC 康乃馨）are considered bad luck, and calla（马蹄莲）are too reminiscent （令人联想）of funerals （葬礼）? A bouquet of red roses is a declaration of romantic intent. Don" send those unless you mean it, and never to a maixied hostess. And though the French love wine, you must never bring a bottle to a dinner party- Why? It's as if you feared your hosts would not have enough wine on hand, and that^s an insult （侮辱）. You may, however, offer a box of chocolates which the hostess will pass after dinner with coffee-
If an invitation is for eight o'clock, the considerate guest amves at 8:15 ? Guests who arrive exactly on time or early are mere thoughtless ones who are not giving the hostess those last few minutes she needs to deal with details and crises. The u correct n guest airives between 15 to 20 minutes after the hour because dinner will be served exactly 30 minutes past the time of the invitation.
63.Which of the following is right about sending flowers?
A. If someone is dead, send chrysanthemums or calla
B ? If someone is ill in hospital, send carnations
C. If you are invited to a dinner party, send red roses to the hostess
D? If you are in love with someone, send red roses
64.If you are too busy to send flowers in advanee, what should you do?
A. Bring a bouquet of Howers when you go lo the party
B ? Send a bouquet of flowers afterwards with a thank—you note
C.Bring a bottle of wine instead of a bouquet of flowers
D.The hostess will never mind if you send flowers or not
65.What does the word u considerate" in the last paragraph mean?
A.尊敬的
B.值得考虑的
C.考虑周到的
D.相
当多的
66.What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to hold a dinner party
B ? How to send flowers
C. Good manners at a French dinner party
D. Different countries have different manners
67.In France r if you are invited to dinner party at eight forty, what is the best time you arrive?
A. 8:25 B? 8:10 C. 9:00 D. 8:35
D
If there is a building which symbolize s a country?such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia-…then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India.
It was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan is 1653 in memory of his wife. Mumtaz Mahal. From the time they got married, they wouldn't be separated. She followed him to wars. advised him on affairs of state, and was loved by his people for her good work. But she died in 1631 during childbirth. The emperor was heartbroken and had the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his love.
It took more than 20 years for the Taj Mahal to be built. Workers were brought in, not only from all over India, but from Central Asia too. A total of 20,000 people worked on the building.
In 1657, Shah Jahan fell ill, and in 1658 his son Aurangzeb, imprisoned （囚禁）his father and seized power. Shah Jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666. He was finally buried there with his wife he could never forget.
The Taj Mahal is definitely worth more than a single visit. As it is built with white marble stones, its character changes in different lights. It looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunset. At sunset, for example, the color of the Taj changes from white to yellow, then to pink. As the moon rises, it turns a silvery white.
To show respect to the Taj, tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit.
68.Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to ?
A. make it symbolize India C- show his great power B ? memorize his wife D. give his wife a present
69.Which of the following about the Taj Mahal is NOT true?
A.It is a symbol of India
B ? It took over 20 years to set up the Taj Mahal
C. All workers building the Taj Mahal came from Central Asia
D? The Taj Mahal was built with white marble stones
70.According to the passage, we know that Shah Jahan
A.lived a hard life in his last few years
B.lost his life just because of his old age
C.was not popular with his people at that time
D? treated his son badly when he was young
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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36至55各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案.
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 36 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 37 took Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kincTs future 38 and cultural growth increased ?
Many linguists believe that evolution is 39 for our ability to produce and use language. They 40 that our highly evolved brain provides us 41 an innate（先天的）language ability not found in lower 42 ? Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 43 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 44 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood? Therefore there are critical 45 times for language development.
Current _______ of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 47 , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 48 grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 49 to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 50 of their first language have become firmly fixed?
51 some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 52 from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that 53 with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language 54 than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavio匸____________________ , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.
36.A.generated B. evolved C. born D. originated
37.A. valuable B. appropriate C. convenient D. favorite
3 8.A.achievements B. feasibility C? entertainments D. evolution
39.A.essential B. available C. reliable D. responsible
40.A.confirm B. inform C. claim D. convince
4I.A.for B. from C. of D. with
https://www.360docs.net/doc/919981277.html,anizations B. organisms C? humans D. children
43.A.potential B. performance C? preference D. passion
44.A.as B. just as C. like D. unlike
45.A.ideological B. biological C? social D. psychological
46.A.reviews B. reference C. reaction D. recommendation
47.A.In a word B. In a sense C.Indeed D. In other words
48.A. various B. different C. the higher D. the lower
49.A.revealed B? exposed C? engaged D. involved
50.A.regulations B. formations C. rules D. constitutions
51. A. Although B. Whether C. Since D. When
52.A.distinguished B. different C? protected D. isolated
53.A.exposition B. comparison C? contrast D. interaction
54.A.acquisition B? appreciation C? requirement D. alternative
55 AAs a result B. After all C? In other words D. Above all
III.閱讀理解（共20小題海小題2.5分;滿分50分）
閱讀下列短文，并做每篇后面的題目?從四個選項中，選出能回答所提問題或完成所給句子的最佳答案.
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The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elepha nt woke up in a terrible an ger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.
That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry ? The n some one suggested call ing Parbati, the elephant princess.
Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up - how to catch wild elephants.
Parbati has n't always lived in the jun gle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city? But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. "Life in the city is too dull. Catchi
ng elepha nts is an adve nture and the exciteme nt lasts for days after the chase/1 she says.
But Parbati does n't catch elephants just for fun. "My work/1 she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.
The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. n Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans/1 she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy an imal. An elepha nt prin cess in deed!
56.For Parbati, catchi ng elephants is mainly to .
A.get long lasting excitement
B. keep both man and elephants safe
C. send them back to the jungle
D. make the angry elephants tame
57.Before Parbati studied in a boarding school, ?
A.she spent her time hunting with her father
B? she learned how to sing love songs
C. she had already been called an elephant princess
D? she was taught how to hunt tigers
58.Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because
A.they are caught and sent for heavy work
B.illegal hunters capture them and kill them
C.they are attacked and their land gets limited
D.dogs often bark at them and chase them
59.The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India
A.people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks
B.the man-elephant relationship is getting worse
C.elephant tamers are in short supply
D.dogs are as powerful as elephants
B
They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories（酉己饰）.Yet these are girls in their tee ns or twe nties but wome n in their sixties and seventies. A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.
Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert , said /Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s」n the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter ? It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years — now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to ?Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly?"
Professor Twigg analysed family expending （支出）data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—a nd 5 or 6 per cent of spe ndin g—the amount of clothes bought had rise n sharply.
The professor said, "Clothes are now 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge ex pa nsion of producti on in the Far East. I n the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from, but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere. Every one is buying more clothes but in gen era I we are not spe nding more money on them."
Fashion designer Angela Barnard ,who runs her own fashion business in Lon don ,said older women were much more affected by celebrity（名流）style tha n in previous years .
She said, "When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashi on able in their sixties, they want to follow them . Older wome n are much more aware of celebrities .There's also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change their look, and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties. When I started my business a few years ago >my older customers tended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago/'
60.Professor Twigg found that, compared with the 1960s, ________.
A.the price of clothes has gen erally fallen by 70%
B? the spe nding on clothes has in creased by 5% or 6%
C. people spend 30% less than they did on clothes
D? the amount of clothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%
61.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?
A.They are often ignored by fashion designers .
B.They are now more easily influenced by stars .
C.They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion ?
D.They are more interested in clothes because of their old age .
62.It can be con eluded that old wome n tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly
beca use ________ L
A.they get tired of things more quickly
https://www.360docs.net/doc/919981277.html, shows teach them how to change their look
C? they are in much better shape now
D.clothes are much cheaper than before
63.Which is the best possible title of the passage ?
A.Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans
B.The More Fashi on able, the Less Expe nsive
C.Un expected Cha nges in Fashi on
D.Boom of the British Fashion Industry
c
It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers （生产商）follow certain uniform standards for various features （特彳iF） of clothes. What seems strange , however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes butt on. Men's clothes tend to butt on from the right, and women's form the left. Considering most of the word's population-men and women-are right-handed, the men's standard would appear to make more sense for wome n. So why do wome n's clothes butt on from the left?
History really seems to matter here. Butt on first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-ha nded serva nts, havi ng women's shirts butt on from the left would be easier. On the other hang, having men's shirts button form the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hang would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.
Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning form the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all women's shirts buttoned form the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacture to offer womer/s shirts that buttoned the right. After all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides from the right, since any one who noticed that would believe they were wearing mer/s shirts.
64.What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?
A.It has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.
B< It is different for merVs clothing and women〃s.
C.It woks better with men than with women.
D.It fails to consider right-handed people.
65? What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?
A.They tended to wear clothes without buttons.
B.They were interested in the historical matters.
C.They were mostly dressed by servants.
D? They drew their swords from the left.
66.Wome r/s clothes still butt on from the left today because _________ ?
A.adopting men's style is improper for women
B.manufacturers should follow standards
C.modern women dress themselves
D.customs are hard to change
67.The passage is mainly developed by __________ ?
A.analyzing cause
B.making comparisons
C.examining differences
D.following the time order
D
Sitting on the peaceful coast of Galapagos Islands. Ecuador, watching the sun move quietly into the sea, you shouldn't forget that Charles Darwin (1809-1882) arrived here in 1835? He stayed on the islands for five weeks, observing various animals? This fin ally in spired (丿J 发)his famous work, On the Origin of Species. You can certai nly follow Darwin's footsteps and enjoy a trip from four to seven days to the islands.
The most well-known animals of the Galapagos is the giant tortoise （巨型海龟，which can be seen moving slowly around the highlands of Santa Cruz, the second largest island in the archipelago （群岛）.Some of these creatures are so old that they might have been in their youth by Darwin himself.
Despite strict control over activities and timing, your stay on the Galapagos will be remembered as a chai n of in comparable pictures; diving with sea lions that swim and play within inches of you; feeling small sharks touch your feet as you swim; and most magically, seeing a whale and her baby surface with a great breath of air.
Travelli ng betwee n the isla nds and observi ng the wildlife that so in spired Darwi n, so you will feel as though you are getting a special view of an untouched world. At night you will sleep on board the ship, leaving the wildlife in complete occupation of the islands, which are as undisturbed now as they have been since the beginning of time.
68.What do we know about Darwin's visit to the islands?
A. He studied different creatures on the islands
B? He completed his famous book on the islands
C.He was touched by the geography of the islands
D.He was attracted by well-know animals of the islands
69? Which of the following plays a role in making the islands "a paradise for wildlife"?
A. Animals on the islands feed on grasso
B? Local government forbids killing wildlife.
C.People cannot visit the islands as they wish.
D.tourists are not allowed to touch the animalso
70.Your stay on the islands will be most impressive mainly because of __________ L
A? The beautiful sea views
B.Darwin's inspiring trip
C? a closer view of animals
D. various daring activities
71.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?
A.A Unique Attraction for wildlife Lovers
B.Calapagos as a Paradise for Aentures
C.Charles Darwin as a symbol of Galapagos
D.A successful Example of wildlife protection