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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is, not surprisingly, his sense
of humor. As far as I can tell, he’s the first American President to have one.
That’s because the term“sense of humor”really wasn’t in common usage until the eighteen
sixties and seventies. In the eighteen forties and fifties, it was called“the sense of the
ridiculous”, and didn’t have the positive connotations(隐含意义)that“sense of humor”has today.
Back then, what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule(讥笑). Funniness and cruelty went hand
in hand. Of course, they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well.
Lincoln’s humor was very different because, for one thing, it was actually“humor”as what
the word meant in his time. We don’t make the distinction between“wit(风趣)”and“humor”anymore;
but in the nineteenth century people did. Wit was unpleasant and offensive while humor was pleasant
and sympathetic. It’s the difference we note now when we distinguish between“laughing
with”and“laughing at”. Lincoln was much more about“laughing with”than“laughing at”. And
when“laughing at”, it was often himself he was teasing.
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate, when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced, Lincoln
replied, referencing his plain looking, “Honestly, if I were two-faced, would I be showing you
this one? ”And, in a way, Lincoln’s face itself tells us much about his sense of humor.
You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians, soldiers, and the like from
Lincoln’s time and not find a single smile.
True, the long exposures(曝光)required for photographs of that time made smiling difficult.
Yet Lincoln alone, as far as I can tell, overcame that difficulty.
Interestingly, while having a sense of humor, or at least the appearance of one provided by
comedy writers, has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time, in
the nineteenth century, too much humor was considered a problem. And that was the case for Lincoln.
A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debate commented that“I could not take a real personal
liking to the man, owing to an inborn weakness for which he was even then notorious and so remained
during his great public career, he was extremely fond of jokes, anecdotes, and stories. ”
【文章大意】说起第16任美国总统亚伯拉罕·林肯, 很多人会立即想起他对解放黑奴和维护美利坚联邦完整所做出的巨大贡献, 想起他能言善辩的口才和妙语连珠的演讲, 但却很少有人知道, 林肯的“幽默感” 2 也开创了一个新时代。
1. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .
A. the American President could influence the use of English
B. the term“sense of humor”wasn’t invented until the 1860s
C. what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else
D. the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据该段中“didn’t have the positive connotations that‘sense of
humor’has today(没有今天幽默感所具有的积极的隐含意义)”和“Back then, what was ridiculous was
what invited ridicule. (在当时, 好笑的事就是招致讥笑的事。)”可知C项正确。
2. The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to
.
A. Lincoln’s unattractive face
B. Lincoln’s sense of humor
C. the debate they were having
D. cruelty that went with funniness
【解析】选A。词义猜测题。在林肯与道格拉斯的辩论中, 道格拉斯批评林肯是两面派, 而林肯提到自己相貌平平(his plain looking), 接着指出“如果我是两面派, 我还会向你展现我相貌平平的一面吗”。这说明林肯很幽默。
3. We rarely see people from Lincoln’s time wear a smile in their photos because
.
A. being humorous was considered inappropriate
B. they found it quite funny to smile before the camera
C. not smiling for photographs was the fashion
D. photography technology then was not advanced
【解析】选D。细节理解题。从原文倒数第二段可知“当时摄影时, 照片曝光时间比较长, 这使得拍照时, 人们很难保持微笑”。
4. What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debate?
A. His comment accurately reflected his time.
B. He created a false picture of Lincoln.
C. He was prejudiced and self-centered.
D. He was brave to point out Lincoln’s weakness.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。报道林肯与道格拉斯的辩论的记者所说的话准确地反映了当时那个时代。
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社会文化（阅读理解）由 (2012重庆,C)改编
There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little
bit of whisky (威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle.When Queen Victoria visited
the castle in 1873 she wrote in her diary,“I never saw a lovelier spot.” And she didn’t even
go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined.In certain moments,this quiet land of lakes and grasses and
mountains changes before your very eyes.When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange
light,the rivers,teeming with fish,can turn into streams of gold.As you settle down with just
a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy,near the Inverlochy Castle,any frustration
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With
each passing day everyone became more anxious, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 1
everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often wondered what kind of home life David had,
and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 2 for the cold winter months,
without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 3. I can still remember he was always
4 a smile and willing to help. He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the
floor. We never talked much. He 5 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank
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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
On Friday June 21st，2013，the folks at the annual Sonoma County
Fair in California celebrated the 25th anniversary of a rather unusual
contest—one that crowns the “World's Ugliest Dog”！ And while in most
settings a title like this would be considered insulting (无礼的) here，it is liked by both the dog owners who come from all over the world and
the visitors that come to cheer the contestants.
To mark this special anniversary，this year's fair that was themed
“Dog Days of Summer” featured among other things，including an exhibit
featuring the contestants and winners from the last 25 years.
As for the winner? Unlike last year，when he had flown in all the
way from London，England，this year's title winner was Chico，California
resident Walle，who beat out 29 other equally “ugly contestants”. The
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sirjohn，abritishscientistwhowonlastyear'snobelprizeformedicine，saidhehadpredictedatthetimeofhisfrogexperimentsthatthesuccessfulcloningofamammalwouldhappenwithin50years，andthat“maybethesameanswerisappropriate”forthesteptohumancloning.parentswholosechildreninaccidentsmaybeabletoclone“copies”toreplacethemthen.
一般有生育能力的孩子，如果他们认为技术安全有效，就可以利用第一个孩子的卵子和King细胞来创造或其他方式，60%的人认为“不”的原因通常是在新的孩子身上。
【语篇解读】本文是一篇科普说明文。主要介绍了克隆人类或在未来50年内变成现实。1．sirjohnpredictedthehumancloningwouldbearealityin________atmost.
a、 100年B.60年C.50年SD.10年
答案c[细节理解题。根据第一段中的“thesuccessful
克隆人将在50年内发生，这对于克隆人的步骤来说“可能是相同的，也是合适的”。选择c.]2.根据文本，哪些陈述不正确？
a．louisebrownisthefirst“testtubebaby”．b．humancloningisstillacontroversialtopic.
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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
Language is a major problem for the European Union (EU). The
agreement or treaty which created the organization that
eventually became the EU，the Treaty of Rome，stated that each country'
s language must be treated equally.The original six countries had only
three languages between them：French, German and
Dutch/Flemish.However，there are now 15 countries in the EU，with a total
of 12 languages.EU documents must be translated into all these
languages，and at official meetings the speeches must be translated into
all the languages by interpreters.
All this translating is very expensive and time
consuming(费时的)．It is said that nearly half of all employees of the
EU are engaged in translating documents and speeches，and nearly half
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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2014·长春模拟)
While tofu is a household name in Asia, it has still not been completely accepted into the
Western kitchen. When it arrived in the West, tofu found itself sitting alone in the food playground,
ignored by the other kids. And when tofu did make friends, it was only with the open-minded,
peace-loving vegetarians sometimes referred to as“hippies”.
Why is it that such a staple(主要的)ingredient in the East has been subject to(遭受)such
discrimination in the West? Well, tofu quite literally(简直)missed the boat. Tofu originated in
China some 2, 000 years ago. But when the Europeans first arrived in China they ignored it. While
rice was embraced with open arms and brought home with popular acclaim(称赞), tofu followed later
and with much less success.
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I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside,
playing golf when we got the call that a plane had 1 the World Trade Centre. We checked out
of the hotel immediately and started 2 our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue
center and they told me to come 3 and get on the 4 list.
The next morning I went down to the 5 at about 5 a.m., and four hours later I 6 the call
to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to 7 me, and that I would stay
in 8 with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to 9 the
rest of the way.
And somewhere in there I became frightened that I was going into something
I 10 . I once worked
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阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that
could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free!
It’s “no”.
What do you ask? We’ll say it again: “No”.
Sweet and simple “no”.
Say “no” at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your
desk disappears.
“Saying ‘no’ to others means you are saying ‘yes’ to yourself, ”
said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
“Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are
willing to give up our time because we can’t say ‘no’.”
Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say “yes” need
to say “no” without guilt(内疚)or fear of punishment. “I would rather
have someone give me a loving ‘no’ than an obligated(强制的) ‘yes’, ”
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Golden sunlight danced in the treetops，and children's laughter filled the park.The smell of popcorn
played on the breeze，and life seemed good.It was one of the happiest Saturday mornings I had spent
with my little daughter，Gigi.
That is，until two strangers threw her into their car and sped away.It seemed like a bad dream.I
could barely whisper when the police questioned me.For hours we waited，but there was no word on
the whereabouts of the car.Tears would start to come.Then nothing.I was numb with fear.
“Go home，Ma'am，” the police officer said.“I'll have someone drive you.We'll also want to monitor
your telephone.The kidnappers(绑匪) might call，and we'll want to keep track.Trust me，these guys
can't get far.” But after what had just happened，it was hard for me to trust anything.
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Life is to be enjoyed.There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you
get something back that's even better.When people eat more healthfully, exercise, quit
smoking, and manage stress better, they find that they feel so much better that it
reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living.The
latest studies show that when you exercise and eat right：
YOUR BRAIN receives more blood flow and oxygen, so you become smarter, think more
clearly, have more energy, and need less sleep.Two studies showed that just walking
for three hours per week for only three months caused so many new neurons to grow that
it actually increased the size of people's brains!
YOUR FACE receives more blood flow, so your__skin__glows more and wrinkle less.You
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阅读理解。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。
Most students, when asked about their ideal graduation gift, would probably reply, “A car”,
or “Money for a deposit on a house”. Cai Kaiyuan, 21, made a different choice. As a graduation
gift to himself, he decided to work as a volunteer teacher in a remote village in Tibet.
Cai, a senior majoring in electrical engineering at Huan Railway Professional Technology
College, originally planned to cycle from Sichuan to Tibet. During his journey, Cai’s idea for
a different graduation gift to himself began to take shape. “I did not know beforehand what the
journey would mean to me. I just want to gain a unique experience and have pleasure in appreciating
the view there,” he said.
It turned out cycling on a plateau was extremely challenging. And it has kept changing his